Hunan Province, China

Sea-Green Fluorite Cube on Platy Calcite, Chenzhou, Hunan

7.2 × 5.1 × 4.4 cm (2.83 × 2.01 × 1.73 in)
Longest edge: 72 mm (2.83 in)
SKU · H1037
$142.00
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Dimensions: 7.2 × 5.1 × 4.4 cm (2.83 × 2.01 × 1.73 in); longest edge 72 mm (2.83 in).

A gemmy pale sea-green fluorite cube grown hard against a mound of pearly, platy white calcite, from Chenzhou in Hunan, China. Glassy transparent fluorite on one side, silky overlapping calcite petals on the other, both from a single pocket. 151 g.

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Fluorite
Locality
Hunan Province, China
Dimensions
7.2 cm × 5.1 cm × 4.4 cm
Weight
151 g
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Specimen details

MineralFluorite
LocalityHunan Province, China
Crystal systemIsometric
Chemical formulaCaF₂
Dimensions7.2 cm × 5.1 cm × 4.4 cm
Weight151 g
ColorClear, Green, White

About this specimen

Dimensions: 7.2 × 5.1 × 4.4 cm (2.83 × 2.01 × 1.73 in); longest edge 72 mm (2.83 in).

A single pale sea-green fluorite cube, glassy enough to show the cloud-white veils suspended inside it, is wedged against a mound of pearly platy calcite, the two meeting along one dark seam of included micro-crystals. The fluorite face reads almost like sea glass; the calcite behind it is all overlapping petals, silky across the middle and translucent at the thin edges.

The contact is the point of this piece. Chenzhou, in southern Hunan, is fluorite country, and here a second species has grown hard against the cube out of the same cavity, with neither mineral damaged in getting the other out of the ground. Mind the hardness gap — fluorite at Mohs 4, calcite at Mohs 3 with perfect rhombohedral cleavage — and store the piece where nothing can rub across those calcite plates.

It weighs 151 g, sized for the hand as photographed. What arrives in the box is the piece in these pictures — cube, calcite and all.

About Fluorite

Fluorite is a halide mineral prized by collectors for its exceptional color range, with several world-class Chinese localities.

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About Hunan Province

Hunan Province, China — collector-grade fluorite, stibnite, scheelite, cassiterite.

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Sea-Green Fluorite Cube on Platy Calcite, Chenzhou, Hunan
Sea-Green Fluorite Cube on Platy Calcite, Chenzhou, Hunan
$142.00