Detailed information
Dimensions
77 x 130 x 95
mm
Weight
106 g
Locality
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan De'an Co., Jiujiang Prefecture Jiangxi Province, China
Condition
No recorded repairs
There is still some speculation over where exactly De'an Fluorite mine is, in Jiangxi Province, China, and whether the specimens purported to come from there are actually from another mine whose details have not been disclosed. Whatever the outcome the details will eventually come out and in the meantime the superb, larger sized Fluorite specimens seen labelled as from there still look amazing. This larger display specimen from De'an Fluorite mine is actually a little different than most, but that might be because it hasn't had its outer layer of sugary Quartz removed either mechanically, or chemically. In fact, the twinned octahedral Fluorite crystals are huge, reaching over 7 cm across and presenting a really wonderful shape. Ex Rock Currier Collection, no. 7292, acquired by him in 2005, his accompanying label provides a lovely description of how this was the only good specimen he saw when visiting a specimen wholesaler in Juijang.
