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Group of cubic crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces that have polycrystalline growths. The crystals that are transparent have an intense blue color.
The sample, a classic, is from Dr. Anton Forster, a mine engineer and collaborator of Dr. Maucher at Munich University. Dr. Forster was the Geologist in Chief at La Collada when the famous samples from the Josefa-Veneros vein were collected.
Josefa-Veneros vein, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 13 × 10.7 × 8.8 cm = 5.1” × 4.2” × 3.5”
Price: Euro:760 / US$857 / Yen:95380 / AUD$1190

VF92AE7: Fluorite

Great druse of very sharp cubic crystals that are translucent, rich with inclusions and have a very intense and deep violet color.
The sample, an English classic, is from the A. Mayor collection (number 118) and it was acquired from Jesús Talabán, in Madrid, in 1978.
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham England, United Kingdom
Specimen size: 21.3 × 16.2 × 5 cm = 8.4” × 6.4” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 4 cm = 1.8” × 1.6”
Price: Euro:840 / US$947 / Yen:105420 / AUD$1320

TB87AH0: Fluorite

A novelty at Tucson 2018. A group of Fluorite crystal cubes between translucent and transparent, with white inclusions, a very deep green color and marine-blue dichroism, clearly visible in sunlight. The locality is totally new and, even though Madagascar is a well-known mineralogical paradise, there were no more references to Fluorite occurrences other than the small crystals included in Quartz from Mandronarivo.
Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province (Tuléar) Madagascar (08-11/2017)
Specimen size: 15.8 × 12.4 × 6.8 cm = 6.2” × 4.9” × 2.7”
Price: Euro:2800 / US$3157 / Yen:351420 / AUD$4418

NK30Z2: Fluorite

Group, on matrix, of transparent, very bright crystals with a very deep and intense color and showing cube faces beveled by the dodecahedron.
La Viesca Mine, La Negrina pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain (03-04/2006)
Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.6 × 3.4 cm = 4.6” × 3.8” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”
Price: Euro:480 / US$541 / Yen:60240 / AUD$750

NE87S5: Fluorite

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.
La Viesca Mine, Destartalada pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain (03/1999)
Specimen size: 13.4 × 9 × 7.7 cm = 5.3” × 3.5” × 3.0”
Price: Euro:280 / US$315 / Yen:35140 / AUD$440

MZ56AB9: Fluorite

Spheroidal Fluorite growth with crystalline and skeletal growths on the back. It has a very intense and uniform bluish-violet color. For some reason this mine always produced a very limited number of samples, and even less with such quality.
Guxian, Minggang, Shihe District, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan Province China (±2007)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 1.4”
Price: Euro:240 / US$270 / Yen:30120 / AUD$370

NR6P1: Fluorite

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 Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Valdelmar, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 0.8”
Price: Euro:100 / US$112 / Yen:12550 / AUD$150

TB86Z6: Fluorite

Aggregate of cubic crystals with echeloned edges, with geometric color zones with very deep violet color on some cube faces and very transparent interiors. The sample has very good quality for the San Antonio mine where Fluorite is a not so common species.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico (01/2014)
Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 3.3 cm = 2.4” × 2.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.8” × 0.8”
Price: Euro:180 / US$202 / Yen:22590 / AUD$280

TP89X7: Fluorite

Aggregate of cubic crystals, of large size for the locality, between translucent and transparent, bright and showing well defined phantom growths. Very notable for the locality.
Durfort Mine, Durfort-et-Saint-Martin-de-Sossenac, Sauve, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie France
Specimen size: 10.5 × 9.7 × 5.7 cm = 4.1” × 3.8” × 2.2”
Price: Euro:490 / US$552 / Yen:61490 / AUD$770

TA89Z3: Fluorite

Druse of cubic crystals beveled by the dodecahedron and hollow growths on the octahedral faces. The crystals are translucent, bright and have a very intense and deep mauve color, clearer on the octahedral faces.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia
Specimen size: 10.5 × 6.6 × 1.9 cm = 4.1” × 2.6” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”
Price: Euro:460 / US$518 / Yen:57730 / AUD$720

MB7T6: Fluorite

Aggregate of translucent crystals with a curious crystallization in which appear, very well defined, the faces of the cube, dodecahedron and octahedron cutting the corners with overgrowths forming small pyramids in the flat triangular surface.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (08/2006)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 7.1 × 5.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.8” × 2.0”
Price: Euro:200 / US$225 / Yen:25100 / AUD$310

TP66AF0: Fluorite (scepter)

Scepter growth of an octahedral Fluorite crystal with polycrystalline growths on its faces. It is bright, between transparent and translucent, and has a pale green color, more intense at the base. The sample was from Charles Key.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.7”
Price: Euro:140 / US$157 / Yen:17570 / AUD$220

TM48AF0: Fluorite (scepter)

Scepter growth of an octahedral Fluorite crystal with polycrystalline growths on its faces. It is bright, between transparent and translucent, has a pale green color and it is on a irregular Fluorite base that has a deeper and more intense green color. The sample was from Charles Key.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.4” × 0.9” × 1.1”
Price: Euro:340 / US$383 / Yen:42670 / AUD$530

TM66X3: Fluorite and Chalcopyrite

Aggregate of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals. They are translucent, with a deep violet color and have abundant small Chalcopyrite crystals included. An English classic from a not well known locality.
Groverake Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham England, United Kingdom
Specimen size: 7 × 6.4 × 4.5 cm = 2.8” × 2.5” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 3.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.5”
Price: Euro:130 / US$146 / Yen:16310 / AUD$200

T62QB2: Fluorite on Quartz

Out of the past came this extremely fluorescent English Fluorite, in this case very well placed on its Quartz matrix.
Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham England, United Kingdom
Specimen size: 6.5 × 8 cm = 2.6” × 3.1”
Price: Euro:125 / US$140 / Yen:15680 / AUD$190

FB36G6: Fluorite on Quartz

Between the Quartz crystals appears a sphere of Fluorite and, furthermore, from the same sphere starts some sceptered Quartz, different in its color and shape to the Quartz on the matrix. The lower part of the piece is hollowed, as if it growth was covering an older material.
Mahodari, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra India (±2000)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 6 × 6.7 cm = 3.3” × 2.4” × 2.6”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”
Price: Euro:145 / US$163 / Yen:18190 / AUD$220

NP6AF3: Fluorite on Quartz with Chlorite

Group of very flattened Fluorite crystals with the very well defined forms of the cube and dodecahedron. The Fluorite, with a lilac-blue color, has grown partially following the forms of the Quartz crystal where it is covering it. The Quartz crystal is partially coated by chlorite near the base. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are very different from what has been known from this mine.
The Fluorite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (04/2017)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.8” × 0.6” × 0.6”
Price: Euro:80 / US$90 / Yen:10040 / AUD$120

NH37AF3: Fluorite on Topaz and Arsenopyrite with Quartz

Group of very flattened Fluorite crystals with the very well defined forms of the cube and dodecahedron. The Fluorite, with a lilac-blue color, has grown partially following the forms of the Quartz, Topaz and Arsenopyrite crystals where it is covering them. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are very different from what has been known from this mine.
The Fluorite and the Topaz have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of both analysis to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (04/2017)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm = 2.4” × 1.8” × 1.4”
Price: Euro:230 / US$259 / Yen:28860 / AUD$360

NA38AF3: Fluorite on Topaz and Arsenopyrite with Quartz

Group of very flattened Fluorite crystals with the very well defined forms of the cube and dodecahedron. The Fluorite, with a lilac-blue color, has grown partially following the forms of the Quartz and Topaz crystals on the matrix, where also is Ferberite. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are very different from what has been known from this mine.
The Fluorite and the Topaz have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of both analysis to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (04/2017)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.9 × 4.1 cm = 1.8” × 1.5” × 1.6”
Price: Euro:330 / US$372 / Yen:41410 / AUD$520

NE48AF3: Fluorite on Topaz with Quartz and Arsenopyrite

Group of very flattened Fluorite crystals with the very well defined forms of the cube and dodecahedron. The Fluorite, with a lilac-blue color, has grown partially following the forms of the Quartz, Topaz and Arsenopyrite crystals where it is covering them. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are very different from what has been known from this mine.
The Fluorite and the Topaz have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of both analysis to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (04/2017)
Specimen size: 5 × 5 × 2.6 cm = 2.0” × 2.0” × 1.0”
Price: Euro:340 / US$383 / Yen:42670 / AUD$530

ED86AH9: Fluorite with Baryte

A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces that have cubic morphology. They are translucent, with a deep violet color and partially coated by groups of white, deformed and very acute Baryte crystals. It is from a new locality, found thanks to intensive prospective works looking for Baryte in Morocco, in which accidentally appeared also this Fluorite.
Debdou (Dabdou), Taourirt Province, Oriental Region Morocco (03-06/2018)
Specimen size: 7.9 × 6 × 3.9 cm = 3.1” × 2.4” × 1.5”
Price: Euro:100 / US$112 / Yen:12550 / AUD$150

EC66AE8: Fluorite with Baryte

Elongated cluster of cubic Fluorite crystals that have clear lilac color on their faces and dark purple on their edges. They are partially coated on the back by Baryte with hoppered surfaces and they have grown around a Stibnite crystal that is partially visible through the transparent Fluorite.
Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (2016)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.1” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:170 / US$191 / Yen:21330 / AUD$260

EC76AH9: Fluorite with Baryte

A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces that have cubic morphology. They are translucent, with a deep violet color and partially coated by groups of white, deformed and very acute Baryte crystals. It is from a new locality, found thanks to intensive prospective works looking for Baryte in Morocco, in which accidentally appeared also this Fluorite.
Debdou (Dabdou), Taourirt Province, Oriental Region Morocco (03-06/2018)
Specimen size: 11 × 9.8 × 5.1 cm = 4.3” × 3.9” × 2.0”
Price: Euro:190 / US$214 / Yen:23840 / AUD$290

EB68AE8: Fluorite with Baryte

Double elongated cluster of cubic Fluorite crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. They are translucent, with lilac color on their faces and strongly saturated violet color on the edges. They are partially coated by Baryte and they growth around a Stibnite crystal that is partially visible by transparence.
Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (2016)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.8” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:370 / US$417 / Yen:46430 / AUD$580

ET98AH9: Fluorite with Baryte

A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Group of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with an intense green color and very rich with inclusions. It is from a new locality found thanks to intensive prospective works for Baryte in Morocco, in which accidentally appeared also this Fluorite. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2018 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 874 in the volume 49, number 6, in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral", number 142, page 20, and the magazine ‘‘Mineral Up’’ on page 35 of the 2018/02 edition.
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (2018)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.7 × 7.7 cm = 3.7” × 3.4” × 3.0”
Price: Euro:480 / US$541 / Yen:60240 / AUD$750

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