Fluorite from Europe and Asia

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KM121 Fluorite

Yaogangxian Tungsten Mine

Yizhang County, Hunan Province

China

Thumbnail: 2.6 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm

US$40/€28

Transparent pale purple cuboctahedral fluorite to 1.3 cm with dodecahedral pyrite crystals and quartz on a matrix.

KM105 Fluorite

Le Burg Mine

Alban, Tarn

France

Small Cabinet: 6.7 x 5.5 x 4.8 cm

US$530/€360

Transparent sky blue cubic fluorite crystals with color zoning to 1 cm on a matrix.

KM124 Fluorite and Galena on Quartz

Rat Hole Pocket, Rogerley Mine

Frosterley, County Durham

England

Mined 2007

Thumbnail: 3 x 3 x 3 cm

US$410/€280

Transparent deep green cubic fluorite crystals to 2 cm on the edge and octahedral galena on quartz crystals.

KM125 Fluorite

Blue Circle Quarry

Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham

England

Thumbnail: 3 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm

A single penetration twinned cubic fluorite with a thin pale blue outer layer. The crystals are transparent but slightly etched.

KM126 Fluorite

Dow Scar Vein, Hilton Mine

Scordale, Cumbria

England

Miniature: 4.5 x 3 x 3.1 cm

US$500/€340

A cluster of transparent yellow twinned crystals to 1.3 cm on a matrix.

KM127 Fluorite

Dow Scar Vein, Hilton Mine

Scordale, Cumbria

England

Small Cabinet: 5.6 x 6.7 x 3 cm

US$620/€420

A cluster of transparent yellow cubic crystals to 1.8 cm.

KM113 Fluorite, Muscovite and Albite

Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar

Hunza Valley, Gilgit, Northern Areas

Pakistan

Miniature: 4.8 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm

US$345/€235

3 cm pale pink octahedral crystal with muscovite on albite.

KM114 Fluorite, Muscovite and Albite

Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar

Hunza Valley, Gilgit, Northern Areas

Pakistan

Miniature: 4.4 x 4.3 x 3 cm

US$255/€173

Slightly etched, 2 cm transpalent pink cuboctahedral crystal with muscovite and albite on a matrix.

KM131 Fluorite

Kharan District, Baluchistan

Pakistan

Miniature: 3.4 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm

US$64/€43

Translucent green cubic crystals to 1.5 cm.

KM140 Fluorite

Kharan District, Baluchistan

Pakistan

Miniature: 2.5 x 3.8 x 2 cm

US$40/€28

Translucent green cubic crystals to 1.5 cm.

KM132 Fluorite on Albite

Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar

Hunza Valley, Gilgit, Northern Areas

Pakistan

Small Cabinet: 7 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm

US$800/€540

Transparent pink octahedral crystals to 1.2 cm on albite.

KM142 Fluorite on Feldspar

Shengus, Gilgit-Skardu Road, Noethern Areas

Pakistan

Small Cabinet: 5.6 x 4 x 2.8 cm

1.8 cm pale green octahedral crystal perched on feldspar.

KM156 Fluorite on Arsenopyrite

Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District

Portugal

Ex. Herb Obodda Coll. Dick Nelson Coll.

Thumbnail: 4.7 x 3.2 x 3 cm

US$660/€450

Cubic lavender fluorite on arsenopyrite. The largest crystal is 2 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm.