Fluorite with Calcite
specimen number:
8633046
location:
Stoneco Auglaize quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, USA
description: A gorgeous specimen from this classic locality with gorgeous gem purple lustrous cubic crystals of fluorite to 1.2 cm on edge across the top of a previous fluorite crystal generation that is brown and iridescent. In super condition. there is a cluster of colorless crystallized calcite almost 4.0 cm across present near the bottom of the pocket. Excellent for this classic Ohio locality, these are normally buried way deep in small pockets and not exposed for display very well. This one is excellent. The first generation of fluorite crystals are intensely fluorescent.
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