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NC26X5: Slightly elongated single cubic crystal beveled by the dodecahedron. It is transparent and has a very well marked geometric zoning, from clear lilac to deepest violet.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.9 × 0.8 × 0.6
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NX56X5: Druse of very bright and transparent cubic crystals with very well marked geometric color zoning on the edges.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 4.3 × 4 × 2.2 cm = 1.7 × 1.6 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.3 × 0.3
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NC88X5: Group of cubic crystals beveled by dodecahedral faces. They are very transparent and bright and have an intense violet color with fine deeper geometrically zoned color in the center of the crystal and on its edges.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.3 × 3.5 cm = 1.8 × 1.3 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.3 × 0.9
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NA69X5: Very flattened cubic crystal with a very well marked color zoning in the center of the crystal. It is on a matrix of snowy white Quartz.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.8 × 5.3 cm = 3.1 × 3.1 × 2.1
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.6 × 0.4
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NY86V4: Very individualized cubic crystals of Fluorite, one of them clearly dominant. They are transparent and bright, show the clear lilac color typical for the locality, and are on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias Spain (2010-2011)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.3 × 1.3 × 0.8
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4 × 0.3
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NL57W5: Irregular aggregate of cubic crystals of Fluorite with a well marked dodecahedral bevel, They are colorless, very bright, extraordinarily transparent and are on matrix, with scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.6 × 1.3 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4 × 0.3
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NE27W5: Cubic crystals of Fluorite with a very well marked bevel formed by the dodecahedron. They are colorless, bright and extraordinarily transparent and are on a matrix of scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 6.9 × 3.2 × 5.2 cm = 2.7 × 1.3 × 2.0
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.4 × 0.4
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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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NR6P1: Cubic crystals with polysynthetic growths on some of their faces and geometric color zoning, deeper at the center of the crystal. On the back side the group is partially well crystallized and it is partially recrystallized by a contact.
La Caba๑a, Berbes, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.5 × 1.5 × 0.8
Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.1 × 0.8
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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 = 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.7
Former Grello collection
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NR13D9: This consists of small but very transparent crystals of Quartz with the added decoration of some Barite.
La Caba๑a, Berbes, Asturias Spain (1998)
Specimen size: 8 × 7 × 4.5 cm = 3.1 × 2.8 × 1.8
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.2 × 0.2
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MV56S5: Aggregate of cubic crystals of Fluorite. They are transparent, very bright, and have the lilac color typical of the site known as El Frondil, with a group of white laminar crystals of Barite and small coatings of microcrystalline Quartz.
El Frondil, Berbes, Asturias Spain (05/2004)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 7.4 × 2.7 cm = 3.4 × 2.9 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 0.8 × 0.8
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NB16D9: Crystals of very transparent, intensely colored Fluorite, with a little trace of Barite and Quartz.
La Caba๑a, Berbes, Asturias Spain (1995)
Specimen size: 10 × 9 × 5.5 cm = 3.9 × 3.5 × 2.2
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4 × 0.3
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TH47W4: Group of cubic crystals finely beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. They are bright, with clear lilac color and are very transparent neatly allowing the matrix of yellowish-white Barite to be seen.
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.2 × 4.5 cm = 4.0 × 2.0 × 1.8
Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.7 × 0.7
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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 Caba๑a, Berbes, Asturias Spain (1993)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm = 4.1 × 3.3 × 2.2
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.2 × 0.2
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LAD37S5: Aggregate of beveled cubic crystals, extraordinarily transparent and bright, with a lilac blue color and geometrical zones of a deep violet shade, typical of the site known as Coquera del Liso, at Berbes. The sample is with an individualized label (in Spanish) edited on the occasion of the discovery of the pocket (coquera), March 1993.
Coquera del Liso, La Caba๑a, Berbes, Asturias Spain (1993)
Specimen size: 11.8 × 10.3 × 8 cm = 4.6 × 4.1 × 3.1
Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.0 × 0.8
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The "Collada" and "Josefa-Veneros" 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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TF49W9: Aggregate of transparent cubic crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. Their color is between violet and blue, with diffuse color zoning. The simple has, on its back, some remains of Calcite that prove the locality is Fil๓n Josefa-Veneros, one of the great classics of Spanish mineralogy.
Fil๓n Josefa-Veneros, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 8.3 × 7.7 × 5.5 cm = 3.3 × 3.0 × 2.2
Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 1.6 × 1.4
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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 Reguerํn' 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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NF86M5: Typical sample from the famous El Reguerํn pocket, characterized by groups of cubic crystals of beautiful pale blue color with thin geometric violet zoning. The crystals are partially covered by small Quartz crystals, also partially covering the matrix.
Geoda del Reguerํn, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (04/1994)
Specimen size: 12 × 9.2 × 7.3 cm = 4.7 × 3.6 × 2.9
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.5 cm = 1.4 × 1.4
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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 Reguerํn" 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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NV66T0: Group of cubic crystals with echeloned growths on some of their faces and very well defined geometrical color zoning, deep violet in the inner crystal and more bluish on the external areas. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
Geoda del Reguerํn 2, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 4.5 cm = 2.4 × 1.7 × 1.8
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
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MR96S5: Beveled cubic crystals of Fluorite. They are violet with bluish shades and a very well marked geometrical zoning of the color and are on matrix with a perimorphic growth of Quartz that partially replaced the forms of a pre-existing crystal of Calcite, now disappeared.
Geoda del Reguerํn 2, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.6 × 3.8 cm = 3.8 × 3.0 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.6 × 0.4
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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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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 Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 8 × 7.3 cm = 3.7 × 3.1 × 2.9
Main crystal size: 5.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.2 × 1.5
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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 Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (03/1999)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.5 × 4.3 cm = 3.7 × 3.3 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 6.4 × 4.5 cm = 2.5 × 1.8
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NE87S5: Aggregate of beveled cubic crystals of good size. They are transparent, deep violet and with geometrical zoning of their color. The sample is from the site known as the Geoda Destartalada (Destartalada pocket), one of the first found after the reopening of the mining works at the La Viesca-La Collada area, in 1999.
Geoda Destartalada, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (03/1999)
Specimen size: 13.4 × 9 × 7.7 cm = 5.3 × 3.5 × 3.0
Main crystal size: 7.7 × 4 cm = 3.0 × 1.6
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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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NB47W5: Aggregate of cubic crystals with polycrystalline growths on the faces. Their color, very deep, almost masks the transparency of the crystals and the presence of geometrical color zoning. They are on a Quartz matrix, massive and in small crystals.
Tres de La Collada, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (05/2003)
Specimen size: 9 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm = 3.5 × 2.9 × 2.2
Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.3 cm = 1.4 × 1.3
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If you want to know more about "Coquera de la Calcita" Fluorite please follow this link
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NV36W5: Aggregate of cubic crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces. They have a very deep color that masks their transparency and the geometrical color zoning, visible under a strong light.
Coquera de la Calcita, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (01/2004)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.7 × 2.5 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.0 × 0.9
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If you want to know more about "La Falla" Fluorite please follow this link
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NL68T8: Group of cubic crystals with the edges widely beveled by echeloned growths. They have a clear lilac color and are transparent, with geometrical color zoning showing a deeper internal color and they are on a matrix of crystallized Quartz. The sample is from material collected for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds have been recorded.
"La Falla", La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (08/2004)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.2 × 4 cm = 4.1 × 2.8 × 1.6
Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 1.8 × 1.5
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NZ47T0: Group of cubic crystals with polycrystalline growths on the faces of the cube. They are bright, transparent and have clear lilac color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
"La Falla", La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (2004)
Specimen size: 13.2 × 9.9 × 5.4 cm = 5.2 × 3.9 × 2.1
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.8 × 0.7
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If you want to know more about "Coquera La Negrina" Fluorite please follow this link
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NA86W5: Aggregate of cubic crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces. They have a very deep and uniform color masking their transparency, visible under a strong light. The Fluorite, on matrix, is partially coated by Quartz crystals.
Coquera La Negrina, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (03-04/2006)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.6 × 2.6 × 1.8
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.6 × 0.5
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NR7T8: Group of cubic crystals beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent, bright and with a very intense and deep bluish violet color and with a geometrical color zoning. The sample is from material collected for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds have been recorded.
Coquera La Negrina, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (04/2006)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.1 × 3.5 cm = 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.8 × 0.8
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NY37W5: Aggregate of cubic crystals of Fluorite with echeloned growths of small cubes beveling the edges. The crystals, on matrix, are transparent and bright and have a very deep and intense color with geometrical color zoning parallel to the edges.
Coquera La Negrina, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (03-04/2006)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.8 × 4.3 cm = 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.3 × 1.1
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NZ8T0: Group of transparent cubic crystals of extraordinarily intense bluish violet color, with echeloned bevels, on a matrix coated by Quartz crystals. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
Coquera La Negrina, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (03-04/2006)
Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.8 × 3.7 cm = 4.3 × 2.7 × 1.5
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If you want to know more about "Geoda de Las Calcitas" Fluorite please follow this link
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NM29T8: Big cubic crystal beveled by the dodecahedron, transparent and with geometrical color zoning, with color varying between intense blue, lilac and violet. The sample is from material collected for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds have been recorded.
Geoda de Las Calcitas, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (02-05/2007)
Specimen size: 10 × 8.4 × 5.8 cm = 3.9 × 3.3 × 2.3
Main crystal size: 8.6 × 8.1 cm = 3.4 × 3.2
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If you want to know more about "El Furaco" Fluorite please follow this link
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NM87T8: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite beveled by the dodecahedron. They are very bright, with a very deep color and good transparency that show a geometrical color zoning parallel to the edges. With very small bright crystals of Chalcopyrite peppering the Fluorite faces and on a matrix of crystallized Calcite. The sample is from material collected for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds have been recorded.
"El Furaco", La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (20/08/2009)
Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.5 × 2.7 × 2.2
Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 1.4 × 1.3
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If you want to know more about "Galerํa 49" Fluorite please follow this link
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NX37T0: Group of transparent cubic crystals. They are very bright, of very intense sky blue color and are with small crystals of Quartz. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
Galerํa 49, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (09-12/2009)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 6 × 4.7 cm = 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.3 × 1.1
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NX7T0: Group of transparent sky blue cubic crystals. They are partially coated by small crystals of Quartz. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
Galerํa 49, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (09-12/2009)
Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 3.6 × 2.0 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.9 × 0.6
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ND86T0: Very aerial group of cubic crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. They are transparent, of deep violet color and have geometrical color zoning. On matrix and partially coated by very small crystals of Chalcopyrite. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
Geoda de las Monjas, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (05/2010)
Specimen size: 6.8 × × 5.7 × 4.4 cm = 2.7 × 2.2 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 0.9 × 0.9
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NF76T0: Group of cubic crystals beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent, have deep violet color, geometrical color zoning and very small crystals of Chalcopyrite spread on their faces. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
Geoda de las Monjas, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (05/2010)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.9 × 3.2 cm = 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 0.9 × 0.8
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NB37W5: Irregular aggregate of cubic crystals with a very well marked rough bevel on the edges. They have a very intense sky blue color with irregular violet color zones and abundant inclusions of small crystals of Chalcopyrite.
Geoda de las Monjas, La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias Spain (05/2010)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.5 × 5.3 cm = 4.1 × 3.0 × 2.1
Main crystal size: 7.3 × 6.3 cm = 2.9 × 2.5
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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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NG12V9: Druse of yellow cubic crystals of Fluorite with geometrical color zoning. They are very transparent and bright and are with small crystals of Pyrite and crystals of Dolomite on the back side.
Mina Moscona, Solํs, Corvera, Asturias Spain (1994)
Specimen size: 8 × 6.7 × 2.7 cm = 3.1 × 2.6 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.6 × 0.4
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NV11S5: Druse of cubic crystals. They are transparent, very bright and of a very uniform and vivid yellow color.
Caldera 3, Mina Moscona, Solํs, Corvera, Asturias Spain (03/2009)
Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.8 × 2.9 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3 × 0.2
Very 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, Solํs, Corvera, Asturias Spain (1994)
Specimen size: 10 × 8 × 4 cm = 3.9 × 3.1 × 1.6
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.3 × 0.3
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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, Solํs, Corvera, Asturias Spain (1995)
Specimen size: 13 × 13 × 4.5 cm = 5.1 × 5.1 × 1.8
Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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NA67V9: Druse of very bright cubic crystals of Fluorite. They have a very deep yellow color and are with small complex crystals of Calcite. The color is really good, more luminous and saturated than usual in the Fluorites from this locality.
Mina Moscona, Solํs, Corvera, Asturias Spain (1995)
Specimen size: 21 × 11 × 6 cm = 8.3 × 4.3 × 2.4
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
Fluorescence short UV & low fluorescence long UV
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On the 24 December 1999, before its decline, the Moscona Mine, Solํs, Asturias, produced, at the 50 meters level, an extremely unusual pocket of two generations of Fluorite. The second generation is bluish Fluorites on a first generation of yellow Fluorite fluorescent on long & short UV, and everything is associated with Calcite, lemon-yellow Barite and Dolomite.
After all these years without any further similar material being found, we offer some specimens of that unusual Spanish find.
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N48ZS0: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite in which coincide two very different colors, violet and yellow, that correspond to two phases of crystallization. They are partially coated by complex crystals of Calcite, tabular crystals of yellow Barite and Dolomite.
Mina Moscona, ↓50 m., Solํs, Corvera, Asturias Spain (24/12/1999)
Specimen size: 12.7 × 8.8 × 8.7 cm = 5.0 × 3.5 × 3.4
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
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N46KS0: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite in which coincide two very different colors, violet and yellow, that correspond to two phases of crystallization. They are bordered by a group of white crystals of Calcite which, in turn, are partially covered by tabular crystals of yellow Barite.
Mina Moscona, ↓50 m., Solํs, Corvera, Asturias Spain (24/12/1999)
Specimen size: 13.4 × 6.7 × 4.9 cm = 5.3 × 2.6 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4 × 0.3
Zoned fluorescence 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.
| Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz |
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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 = 3.6 × 3.0 × 2.0
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
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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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MT46S5: Aggregate of cubic crystals of Fluorite. They are colorless, transparent and very bright, with small crystals of Chalcopyrite spread on their faces.
Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loro๑e, Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.8
Main crystal size: 3 × 3 cm = 1.2 × 1.2
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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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, Loro๑e, Asturias Spain (09-11/04)
Specimen size: 7 × 9 × 3.5 cm = 2.8 × 3.5 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.0 × 1.0
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, Loro๑e, Asturias Spain (02/2004)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.9 × 4.3 cm = 3.3 × 2.3 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3 × 0.3
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
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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.
| Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions |
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MG76W4: Group of very sharp cubic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and yellow with a slightly green color. The sample, with more transparency near the edges than in the central zones, is very representative of this classic Catalan locality.
Sant Mar็al, Montseny, Girona Spain
Specimen size: 8.9 × 7.5 × 3.8 cm = 3.5 × 3.0 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.0 × 1.0
Fluorescent long & short UV
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NP67V5: Irregular aggregate of crystals with clear green color, transparent, very bright and partially coated by small scalenohedral crystals of Calcite.
Sant Mar็al, Viladrau, Osona, Girona Spain (12/2010)
Specimen size: 15.6 × 9.8 × 3.7 cm = 6.1 × 3.9 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 0.9 × 0.6
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 = 1.7 × 1.7 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3 × 0.2
Intense fluorescence long & short UV
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