Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense deep violet color. With selective coatings of Calcite and even a scalenohedral crystal that is of large size for the locality, where Calcite is normally rare. Also with parallel growths, which includes small second generation Fluorite crystals. The Calcite crystal exhibits some small cleavage, forgivable due to its uncommon size.
This very unusual specimen was in the collection of Tomás Cerezo in Alicante.
Los Cobayos Quarry (La Paredona), Berbes mining area, Los Cobayos, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.3 × 7.7 cm = 5.04” × 3.27” × 3.03”
Price:
€680 / US$724 / ¥110940 / AUD$1110 |