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Mineral Class 03: Halides | |
The halide mineral class include those minerals with a dominant halide anion. Two commercially important halide minerals are halite and fluorite.
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Fluorite (icy green) - Hunan Province, China
Light blue Bingham fluorite and bright white calcite crystals in quartz matrix Light green cubic Fluorites that sit up from both side of the matrix. Instead of covering the matrix entirely, the crystals have spaces between them where matrix shows, framing the crystals nicely and making the specimen unusually attractive The biggest cube (34x34 mm) looks a bit "frozen/icy".
The clusters of cubes on the other side of the matrix are half transparent. Dimensions: 200x100x80 mm. Weight 0,915 kilogramme.
SOLD
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Fluorite - stepped and purple zoned
Mina el Tule, Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico. This specimen features several stepped and purple zoned small cubes. The crystals occur on matrix rock that is attached. Measures approximately 140x80x70 mm and weighs approximately 1,050 kilogramme.
75.00 euro
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Fluorite (green / blue) - Weardale
Rogerley mine, Weardale, North England Very attractive green / blue Fluorite crystals from the Rogerley mine. Highly fluorescent; turns bright blue under a long wave ultraviolet light (black-light). Dimensions: 170x100x70 mm. Weight 1,340 kilogramme.
SOLD
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Fluorite (yellow) - Villabona
Villabona Mine, Asturias, Spain Large decorative cabinet size piece with yellow (honey color) Fluorite cubes and associated with white dolomite and small pyrite crystals. It comes from the Villabona Mine in Asturias, Spain. Measures approximately 160x90x60 mm and weighs approximately 1,150 kilogramme.
125.00 euro
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Fluorite (light blue) - Bingham
Light blue Bingham fluorite and bright white calcite crystals in quartz matrix Nice light blue Bingham fluorite and bright white calcite crystals in quartz matrix mine. Dimensions: 175x120x105 mm. Weight 2,050 kilogramme.
115.00 euro
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