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!