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2.1" Deep Purple Fluorite Crystals - Múzquiz, Mexico
This 2.1" specimen features deep purple fluorite crystals from the mines near Melchor Múzquiz, Mexico. The crystals are predominantly cubic but feature well defined growth hillocks that resemble a cityscape.
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About Fluorite
Fluorite is a halide mineral comprised of calcium and fluorine, CaF2. The word fluorite is from the Latin fluo-, which means "to flow". In 1852 fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon known as fluorescence, or the property of fluorite to glow a different color depending upon the bandwidth of the ultraviolet light it is exposed to. Fluorite occurs commonly in cubic, octahedral, and dodecahedral crystals in many different colors. These colors range from colorless and completely transparent to yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, or black. Purples and greens tend to be the most common colors seen, and colorless, pink, and black are the rarest.
Fluorite is a halide mineral comprised of calcium and fluorine, CaF2. The word fluorite is from the Latin fluo-, which means "to flow". In 1852 fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon known as fluorescence, or the property of fluorite to glow a different color depending upon the bandwidth of the ultraviolet light it is exposed to. Fluorite occurs commonly in cubic, octahedral, and dodecahedral crystals in many different colors. These colors range from colorless and completely transparent to yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, or black. Purples and greens tend to be the most common colors seen, and colorless, pink, and black are the rarest.
$39
SPECIES
Fluorite
LOCATION
Mun. de Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
SIZE
2.1 x 1.8"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#323937
