TK06 Fluorite

De'An Mine, Jiangxi Prov., China
19.0x 15.0x 2.8 cm

$750

A beautiful cabinet specimen from a major find made a few years ago.  This is a rich plate, containing numerous purple crystals imbedded in nicely contrasting white quartz.

When these were first discovered, the fluorite crystals were embedded in the quartz. Through a VERY dangerous and time consuming treatment with hydrofluoric acid, the crystals have been exposed.

Unlike many others, the crystals do not appear to be jumbled up.  Most of these were very large cabinets; I liked this one because it seemed like a slightly scaled-down version of some of the larger plates that I have seen over the last few years.