XUY01 Fluorite with Aquamarine on Muscovite
Huya Village, Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan Prov., China
13.0x 10.1x 6.3 cm
$8000

A spectacular fluorite from Mt. Xuebaoding. This locality is best known for its scheelites and aquamarines, and while they are encountered considered to be something of a rarity, good fluorite is occasionally  encountered here as well. This one has a large, very clear cube perfectly positioned on a muscovite matrix. The edges and corners are super sharp, and there is a tabular aquamarine positioned beneath it.  The side crystal has damage,  the main one is nearly perfect, save one small, nearly invisible chip.

I have seen larger, colored fluorites from this locality in the past, but this is the best colorless one that I have personally seen.  Both its size and the degree of transparency (slightly blurred, but you can see to the muscovite beneath) make it stand out among the usually smaller, frosted, broken crystals that usually come from this location. Truly a top specimen from this locality!














Similar Minerals

IML1 (Pink!) Fluorite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China 16.5x 13.2x 11.1 cm
16.5x 13.2x 11.1 cm
$6500
IMCN21 Fluorite on Quartz
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China 12.9x 7.5x 6.3 cm
12.9x 7.5x 6.3 cm
$950
CM01 Fluorite
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co.  , Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
9.9x 9.8x 9.2 cm             
$2200