2CN12 Fluorite
Yindu Mine, Chifeng Pref., Inner Mongolia A.R., China
4.5x 3.5x 3.7 cm
$485

A beautiful example of blue fluorite with scattered purpleish blue phantoming, from a recent find at the Yindu Mine, in Inner Mongolia.  The majority of specimens from this area have come from Huanggang, I have seen some pieces (most notably of pyrrhotite) from this mine over the last several years, but nowhere near the quantity of specimens that has come from Huanggang.  On this trip however, I did come across a number of these fluorites—unfortunately all were damaged.  It may sound ridiculous, but this was the one piece I found that was entirely clean— even a few that seemed to be almost perfect, upon closer inspection, turned out to have issues.   The color is a spectacular aqua blue, and I really wanted to bring examples back. Luckily I was able to find this one.... it's a bit difficult to express how annoyed I was getting by the end of the trip, when every single piece I saw kept having damage.  












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