Sunday, June 3, 2018

Cluster of Cubo-octahedral Fluorite Crystals of Deep Raspberry Purple


Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride) is a halide mineral composed of calcium fluoride. It is an isometric mineral with a cubic habit, although octahedral and even more complex crystals.


Botryoidal fluorite mineral sample in deep purple, Dongqiyishan Fluorite deposit, (Inner Mongolia), China. Fluorite rarely crystallizes in botryoidal form.




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