P22M08 Fluorite on Quartz
Pasto Bueno, Pallasca Prov., Ancash Dept., Peru
14.2x 9.2x 7.8 cm
$1600
A beautiful example of a fluorite on a quartz cluster, from a recent find at Pasto Bueno. These fluorite has a bluish purple color, with the color concentrated near the surfaces and edges. The bigger crystal has cubic green phantoms. There are a few chips on the quartz points, the fluorites are perfect. It's a very unusual fluorite color, the combination of green and blue-purple, with the color concentrated in the outer regions of the crystals makes them quite unlike pieces from anywhere else.
This mining area became famous in the 1970's, when it produced spectacular rhodochrosite. In recent years, there have also been finds of hubnerite.
