Fluorite Phantom Chalcopyrite Use gloves and wash hands

Use gloves and wash hands thoroughly

have a high degree of clarity and cover the majority of the quartz surface

Colored fluorite clusters atop candle quartz bases are some of the most distinctive mineral specimens to originate from the mines of Inner Mongolia

vast shoals of freshwater fish inhabited a large shallow inland sea across the American West

These fine specimens have rich yellow-gold fine crystals covering a thick white matrix

Fluorite Phantom Chalcopyrite Use gloves and wash handsFluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals, occurring in shades of blue, green, purple, red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed. The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux, or chemical cleaning agent, in iron smelting and other metallurgy. Pure fluorite is clear, but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent. With a