Fluorite, Quartz

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Fluorite, Quartz

No. 4 Mine, Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad, Inner Mongolia, China.

5 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm

Translucent, deep azure blue fluorite crystals on an opaque, frosted quartz matrix. A portion of the deep blue fluorite has a thin coating of gray quartz. A second generation of tiny, pale blue fluorites crystallized on the quartz matrix.

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