The "Collada" and "Veneros Norte" veins at La Collada rate among the greatest in Spanish mineralogy. All Spanish collectors dream of having one of the extraordinary specimens in their collection. The specimens have a wide variation in, normally intense, color, modified edges to the crystals, and really very special forms. Although people recently found material in the same region and it is not that distinct from the classic ones, the old timers still have that special something.
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RA12I2: A typical group from Josefa-Veneros, with beveled edges and the color very much intense on the edges than in the faces of the cube. The specimen can be considered as a classic from the locality.
Filón Josefa-Veneros Norte, La Collada, Asturias Spain (±1974)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm
Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.1 cm
Calcite fluorescent short UV & low fluorescence long UV
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From when mining ended at La Collada until 1998 almost no new specimens were found in the area. That said there were a few finds, such as the large April 1994 pocket called 'Geoda del Reguerín' which was found near the La Viesca area. The pocket was filled with water, but from beneath the water a large number of specimens emerged, with light sky blue crystals of Fluorite that have pale violet phantoms. While the crystals are not that large they are very transparent, and almost always on Quartz matrix. We bought the majority of this find and have some of them below.
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F59YBI7: Very transparent, neat and bright group of cubic crystals. Their color is very pale blue and they are on a matrix covered by small Quartz crystals.
Geoda del Reguerín, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (04/1994)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 cm
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R46AFI7: Group of very transparent, neat and bright cubic crystals. Their color is deep pale blue with very well defined zonation of color. They are on a matrix partially covered by Quartz crusts.
Geoda del Reguerín, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (04/1994)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.6 × 5.5 cm
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm
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R56CI7: Very transparent, neat and bright group of cubic crystals. Their color is very pale blue with very well defined zonation of color. They are on a matrix partially covered by small Quartz crystals.
Geoda del Reguerín, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (04/1994)
Specimen size: 8.9 × 7.9 × 5.8 cm
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.7 cm
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During December of 2001 in the La Collada area of Asturias, Spain, a series of pockets of Fluorite was found. Physically they was found very close to another old find in the "El Reguerín" area, but luckily the color of these specimens is better than those from the previous find. More intense, with a spectacular color change from sky blue to mauve depending the kind of light. Their luster is better too.
As is quite common in the La Collada area these specimens show naturally modified corners.
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NM8L5: Isolated groups of beveled cubic Fluorite crystals. They are translucent and on a matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.2 × 4.5 cm
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm
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NE56L5: Nice miniature. Very aerial cubic crystals, with a deep color that contrasts with a white Quartz matrix.
Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm
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N11JL5: Transparent, cubic beveled Fluorite crystals with geometric color zoning. On a rich matrix of small crystals of Quartz.
Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (2001)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 6 × 3.7 cm
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Euro:50 / US$79 / Yen:8430
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NN6L5: Group of transparent and beveled cubic Fluorite crystals. The main feature of this specimen is the slight curvature of the crystal bevels smoothing the crystal appearance. An interesting miniature.
Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm
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NE57I7: Group of very transparent cubic crystals of slightly curved edges. The color of the crystals is between blue and violet with very well defined zonation of color.
Geoda del Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm
Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.9 cm
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NN7L5: Transparent and beveled cubic Fluorite crystals, with a bluish color and geometric color zoning. On a matrix of small crystals of Quartz.
Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.3 × 3.2 cm
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm
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NF58I7: Group of very transparent cubic crystals whose color varies between blue and violet shades, with very well defined zonations of color.
Geoda del Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.8 cm
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NA14L5: A matrix with small Quartz crystals coated by beveled transparent cubic Fluorite crystals. With geometric color zoning of slightly blue to violet.
Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 17 × 11.5 × 4.5 cm
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm
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NL36L5: Isolated and grouped, transparent to translucent, beveled cubic Fluorite crystals. With geometric zoning of bluish tones outlining the orientation of the edges. Note the Quartz encrustation over Calcite.
Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 14.3 × 11 × 7.7 cm
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm
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NE10I7: Pale blue cubic crystals with irregular distribution on different shades of color on a matrix of fine growths of small white crystals of Quartz.
Geoda del Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 12.6 × 8.9 × 4.6 cm
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm
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NP58D9: It has a more intense color than the other specimens and has a very nice architecture. A very esthetic floater.
Geoda del Reguerín 2, La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias Spain (12/01)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 3.1 cm
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm
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In Spain there are two classic localities for quality Fluorite: Berbes and La Collada. At the latter, extraordinary specimens were found when the mine was worked in the 60s and 70s. Their color varied between blue and green, phantoms were frequently present, and the edges of the crystals were often modified. Between 1998 and 1999 with the aid of heavy equipment, they managed to remove the spoil from an area of the La Collada mine and find a number of reasonably sized pockets with good crystals which are violet or deep blue, and often have phantoms. From these finds we were able to present the following specimens.
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N14AA0: The crystal is a nice blue color and has a deep violet phantom in its center.
Geoda del Tiro, La Collada, Asturias Spain (11/98)
Specimen size: 7 × 7 cm
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N14WL5: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals, very transparent, with geometric color zoning. The cube faces shows a later formed crystal growth phase with curious echelon growths on the edges. On a matrix covered by small Quartz crystals.
Geoda del Tiro, La Collada, Asturias Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 9 × 6.2 × 4.7 cm
Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm
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N27HL5: Group of beveled cubic crystals with polysynthetic growths forming tiled structures on the cube faces. Crystals are translucent and their color varies between the greenish blue and lilac.
Geoda del Tiro, La Collada, Asturias Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.2 × 6.5 cm
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N27AL5: Cubic Fluorite crystals with polysynthetic growths that form tiled structures on the cube faces. We would like to emphasize the geometric color zoning, very intense, with colors that vary from the sky blue, a little greenish, in the external zones to the deepest violet, with a medium lilac zone, and bluish gray in the crystal core.
Geoda del Tiro, La Collada, Asturias Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 8 × 7.3 cm
Main crystal size: 5.7 × 3.8 cm
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NP46L3: Big translucent beveled cubic crystal of Fluorite showing a violet color with blue internal reflections and marked zoning with more intense and violet shade. On matrix partially covered by small and brilliant Quartz crystals.
La Viesca, Geoda del Tiro, La Collada, Asturias Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.5 × 9.3 cm
Main crystal size: 6.7 × 5.8 cm
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N56JI0: Miniature of cubic crystals in which we especially note the changes of color, from the blue to the purple, not too visible in the picture, with perfect geometric zoning.
Geoda del Tiro, La Collada, Asturias Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm
Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.7 cm
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N86RI0: A classic specimen from La Collada in which we note the blue color with violet shades and the bevels and echelon growths on the edges.
Geoda destartalada, La Collada, Asturias Spain (03/1999)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.5 × 4.3 cm
Main crystal size: 6.4 × 4.5 cm
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N29VI0: An excellent specimen of transparent cubic crystals. They are bright and deep blue with changes of color and very marked geometric zones.
Geoda del Tiro, La Collada, Asturias Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 13.8 × 6.7 × 7.5 cm
Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm
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At the end of the month of May 2003 in the La Collada mining area they found a superb pocket the size of at least two cars and full of crystallized specimens. This pocket was named "Tres de La Collada" for the name of the area where it was found and it supplied more than 6000 specimens. That seems like a lot of specimens, but as is usual in this kind of find, only a few of this huge total had "collector quality". Well connected with all main Spanish finds, we went there immediately and we made a significant selection of our favorite specimens.
In some cases (the bluer ones) the shape is very similar to the famous old classic La Collada Fluorite, with naturally modified corners. In other cases (the more violet ones) they are completely different from the others found at this locality in the past. The white Quartz matrix in a few specimens completes the fame of the find.
As usual with La Collada classic specimens, the surface of the crystals is not that brilliant, but rather slightly glazed. This is due to a second generation of globular Fluorite (by the way very similar to the new Indian ones) partially covering the surface of the crystals. When viewed with a magnifying glass it is spectacular as it looks like sea waves.
Please note that all the specimens are shown with two kind of lights: fluorescent or day light and bulb light. The color depends so much on which of these two light sources is used that we preferred to display them in the two different lights.
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NR46E4: A single crystal with good form and size, which is associated with other smaller ones. It clearly shows the different colored growth phantoms.
Tres de La Collada, La Collada, Asturias Spain (05/03)
Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 4 cm
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm
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NM76F2: A group of very aerial crystals with excellent color, and with very clear zoning. The esthetics are further improved by the crystals of Quartz, which also add stability to the specimen.
Tres de La Collada, La Collada, Asturias Spain (05/2003)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.5 × 4 cm
Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.3 cm
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NK10L3: Group of beveled cubic crystals, between translucent and transparent, with marked deep color zoning. On a matrix partially covered by small and brilliant Quartz crystals.
La Collada, Coquera de la Calcita, Asturias Spain (01/2004)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.1 × 4 cm
Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.9 cm
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Fluorite from Berbes, Asturias, Spain, one of the classic fluorite localities in Europe at the moment. Given the poor state of the area, the local collectors, who used to find those amazing pockets of fluorite, are finding fewer and fewer good specimens. These are specimens that come from some careful hunting by the locals.
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N10BI0: The sample is from a find of 1993 characterized by the detailed zoning of its crystals, with an intensely violet nucleus and a sky blue, transparent outer zone. With the Fluorite there are laminar crystals of white Barite.
La Cabaña, Berbes, Asturias Spain (11/1993)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 2.6 cm
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Fluorescent long & short UV
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NA11I7: Clear and bright, deep violet cubic crystals with very well marked zonations in color. They are on a matrix with small growths of laminar crystals of white Barite.
La Cabaña, Berbes, Asturias Spain (1995)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.9 × 4.1 cm
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 cm
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NR13D9: This consists of small but very transparent crystals of Quartz with the added decoration of some Barite.
La Cabaña, Berbes, Asturias Spain (1998)
Specimen size: 8 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm
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NN76C6: Gemmy, with nice color, more violet than the usual Berbes' purple fluorite, this specimen shows a special particularity: due to its transparency you can see deposits on the corners of the previous crystals (the phantoms) of the typical black inclusions of natural hydrocarbon, which also show the typical yellow fluorescence, although this is a little bit less intense than usual.
Berbes, Asturias Spain (1970-1990)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm
Former Grello collection
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NB16D9: Crystals of very transparent, intensely colored Fluorite, with a little trace of Barite and Quartz.
La Cabaña, Berbes, Asturias Spain (1995)
Specimen size: 10 × 9 × 5.5 cm
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm
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In Berbes, Asturies, one of the most famous pockets was the pocket of 'Coquera del Liso' found in March 1993. One huge rock, which weighed more than 50 tons, had fallen from the cliffs. Inside this rock local collectors found great water clear Fluorite crystals with naturally modified corners, frequently associated with Quartz and Barite. Fabre Minerals bought the whole pocket. These specimens come from this find.
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NA13E0: It has small but very transparent crystals of Fluorite that have a very deep color. The contrast with the white quartz matrix, which looks like snow, makes it esthetic.
Coquera del Liso, La Cabaña, Berbes, Asturias Spain (1993)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm
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LAV10I7: Clear and bright cubic crystals whose color varies between pale blue and violet, with very well marked zonations in color. They are on a matrix covered by small Quartz crystals.
Coquera del Liso, La Cabaña, Berbes, Asturias Spain (03/1993)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.8 × 4.6 cm
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm
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For many years under the general locality 'Villabona' many nice lemon yellow Fluorites have appeared on the market, often associated with saddle Dolomite and often quite large Calcite which has interesting crystal form and is white to yellow in color. Less frequently they were associated with blue, white and once in a while yellow Barite. Pyrite and Marcasite completed the paragenesis.
As so often happens, production has dropped over the last few years and, while the mine is still active, almost no new material has been found.
If you want to know more about Moscona Mine please follow this link
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NT9K7: Excellent luster, transparency and deep honey yellow color could define this showy Fluorite. With a partial coverage of laminar Barite and white Dolomite crystals.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm
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NV11K7: Group of exceptional luster and transparent cubic Fluorite crystals. The specimen shows a honey yellow color. There are small reddish Hematite inclusions in some edges.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.3 × 4.9 cm
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm
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NP60K7: Cubic honey yellow fluorite with small so-called saddle-shaped white Dolomite crystals.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 6 × 5.7 × 2.7 cm
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm
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NX12K7: Good brilliance, transparency and honey yellow Fluorite group, with some small coverage of white Dolomite.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.1 × 4.1 cm
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm
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NQ13K7: Cubic yellow fluorite crystal group with small reddish Hematite inclusions, bordered on the left top (see picture) by tabular, blue and lustrous Barite crystals.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.7 × 3.2 cm
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm
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NY26K7: Excellent luster and deep yellow cubic Fluorite crystals, which resemble dark honey. On edges you can see dark yellow zonations.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 9.9 × 6.9 × 5.1 cm
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Intense fluorescence long & short UV
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NY14K7: Good brilliance, transparency and honey yellow cubic Fluorite group. The prominent Calcite has a rare multiple termination.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.9 × 2.5 cm
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm
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NT6K7: Group of exceptional lustrous and transparent cubic Fluorite crystals. The specimen shows a deep yellow color. Slight coverage of small blue Barite and white Dolomite crystals.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.7 × 5.1 cm
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.6 cm
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NV16K7: Excellent luster, transparency and deep yellow color could define this showy Fluorite. You can see some Barite inclusions inside some crystals.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 10.4 × 9.1 × 3.6 cm
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm
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NX17K7: White Calcite group of scalenohedrons, twined and doubly terminated, partially covered by small white saddle-shaped Dolomite crystals, on matrix.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.5 × 5.7 cm
Main crystal size: 5.9 × 2.2 cm
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NA26K7: Small crystals of pink Barite, unusual at the Moscona Mine, partially covered with white Dolomite and a parallel growth of colorless and transparent Calcite crystals, everything growing on a cubic honey yellow Fluorite base.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Villabona area, Asturias Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.9 × 3.2 cm
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm
Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV
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VC25I7: Scalenohedral crystal, clear and neat, of well defined and bright faces and edges. Its tip is partially covered by a group of cubic, very bright honey-yellow crystals of Fluorite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm
Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
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VE56G8: Esthetical group of tabular crystals of bluish Barite on a base of cubic crystals of Fluorite deeply colored in honey yellow.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5 × 3.3 cm
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm
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VL61I7: Groups of Dolomite in white rhombohedral crystals with curved faces and edges, the so-called saddle-shaped form. They cover a group of cubic crystals of Fluorite with small crystals of Pyrite and Sphalerite, typical for the mine.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 8.3 × 7.1 × 5 cm
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VA46I7: Group of crystals with dominant rhombohedra but rich in other accessory crystal forms. The group partially covers a druse of yellow cubic crystals of Fluorite on which also crystallized small white rhombohedra of Dolomite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 10.3 × 8.2 × 10 cm
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.3 cm
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VK56I7: Group of slightly yellow tabular crystals. The color is not usual for samples from this mine. They have color zonation and a matrix of cubic crystals of Fluorite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.1 × 4 cm
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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VQ66H9: Characteristic group of bright Fluorite crystals from Solís, with varied shades of yellow. On the Fluorite we note the presence of complex crystals of Calcite, white and with fine striations.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain (1990-2000)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 10 × 9.5 cm
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm
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VX16G8: Group of vivid yellow honey cubical crystals with a very intense luster. On it, Calcite has grown as complex crystals, doubly terminated and very acute, next to rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.1 × 5.3 cm
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VR64G8: Group of cubic crystals with a very marked zonation all along the cube, partially covered by small crystals of Barite and Calcite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.2 × 7.7 cm
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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VF63G8: Typical crystal of Calcite from Moscona Mine. A short prism very rich in forms, especially the scalenohedron and rhombohedron. Color and luster are excellent. The base is a group of Fluorite cubes with inclusions of sulfides.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 6.8 cm
Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.5 cm
Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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VP26G8: Group of vivid yellow honey cubical crystals of a very intense luster. Some crystals of Calcite and Barite appear on the Fluorite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 10.6 × 8.6 × 5 cm
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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NX11D9: Very lively yellow color with a little bit of white Barite and some Pyrite, the latter two both in the form of small crystals on the Fluorite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain (1994)
Specimen size: 10 × 8 × 4 cm
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm
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NA86XD9: This one shows an association of Barite and Fluorite. The Fluorite is a nice color, is brilliant and has some Dolomite decoration. While the Barite is small and towards the side of the specimen, it has a nice color, is very aerial, and does not detract from the rest. In the lower part of the specimen there is a contact without crystallized Fluorite, but you do not really notice this as it is hidden by a hump of crystals.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain (1995)
Specimen size: 12 × 8.5 × 8 cm
Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.1 cm
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NY37D9: It is a floater, with good color and brilliance in the Fluorite, and also with small crystals of Pyrite peppering the whole of the specimen. Elegant.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias Spain (1995)
Specimen size: 13 × 13 × 4.5 cm
Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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The Fluorite from the Emilio Mine is known for its incredible transparency and brilliance. When these two aspects come together with the fact that the majority of specimens are colorless they become almost invisible. So one can see the matrix through the crystals as well as other minerals under them or included in them.
Very few perfect specimens are found, as the type of deposit makes collecting them very hard, so any undamaged ones that do come out are highly sought after by both Spanish and other collectors.
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NP12F2: A growth form that is quite uncommon and that shows off the intense zoning of the crystals. The edges appear to be rounded by the rough forms of the pyramid that, curiously, is not visible in the center of the faces.
Zona intermedia, mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias Spain (09-11/04)
Specimen size: 7 × 9 × 3.5 cm
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Fluorescent long & short UV
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MG6K0: Transparent, clear lilac cubic crystals with geometric zones of deeper coloration, on a matrix of scalenohedral crystals of Calcite and white crystals of Dolomite with very curved faces and edges.
Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias Spain (02/2004)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.9 × 4.3 cm
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
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At the Jaimina mine, Caravia, Asturias, Spain, are found tetrahexaedrical Fluorite with very interesting crystallography. They are associated with Barite and Calcite, sometimes with Chalcopyrite inclusions too.
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N40ZF: Tetrahexahedral form and with Calcite, Barite and Chalcopyrite inclusions (1995)
Mina Jaimina, Caravia, Asturias Spain (1995)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 6 cm
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NH61H9: Group of crystals of excellent color and luster and a very marked zonation, on a matrix of Quartz with a twin of two scalenohedrons of Calcite, very well defined and bright.
Mina Jaimina, Caravia, Asturias Spain (2002)
Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.5 × 5 cm
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm
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Octahedral Fluorite on granite from Berta quarry. This octahedral Fluorite is extremely fluorescent with ultraviolet light. It is considered to be a classic mineral from Spain. Lots of local collectors learnt mineralogy in this small quarry close to Barcelona.
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NH12F2: The most notable thing about this one is the good separation of the octahedral crystals on the matrix. This is quite uncommon as they normally grow in cracks as veins.
Papiol, Berta Quarry, Barcelona Spain
Specimen size: 7 × 6.5 × 4 cm
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm
Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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R57FI0: Crystals from this site grew as very close groups in which it is difficult to define the crystalline forms. On this specimen, however, there is an isolated sharp octahedron, very bright and of extraordinary emerald green color.
Papiol, Berta Quarry, Barcelona Spain
Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Intense fluorescence long & short UV
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