3.2" Polished Green Fluorite Egg - Fluorescent!

This is a fluorite specimen from Madagascar which has been hand-polished into the shape of an egg. This unique specimen is 3.2" tall and bears apple-green coloration. It comes with the pictured display stand.

This fluorite specimen is fluorescent, exhibiting a vibrant blue-purple fluorescence under short and longwave ultraviolet light.

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.


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SPECIES
Fluorite
LOCATION
Madagascar
SIZE
3.2 x 2.3"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#245386