Fluorite Green

Fluorite GreenFluorite 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

It is found in a wide range of shades from deep purple to pale violet and even pink

honey gold Barite crystals atop a base of verdant green and purple Fluorite

a crystal occurring in a wide variety of colors and forms

They were recovered from deposits in Morocco and date back to the late Cretaceous Period

Creedite is a rare mineral in the hydoxylhalide group and is often formed from the intense oxidation of fluorite formations

449 million years old

large calcite crystals and the dusting of fine gold from the pyrite is unique to specimens from this specific region of China and have not been found anywhere else

Approx 420 million years old

Fluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals

often radiating outward from a central axis

Malachite has been mined for both use in copper tools and for ornamentation and jewelry

These unique fossil specimens show excellent articulation and detail of each body segment