Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with the cube faces beveled by rhombododecahedral faces, very transparent, bright, uniform lilac in color and implanted on a matrix with scalenohedral Calcite crystals. As a curiosity, the small covering of Malachite on the rear of the crystal. The specimen has been sawn on the base to reduce the matrix.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (07/2017)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.8 × 4.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.68” × 1.77”
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”
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