2CYND04 Fluorite
Yindu Mine, Chifeng Pref., Inner Mongolia A.R., China
9.3x 7.1x 3.7 cm
$585

A very pretty specimen from a rather unique pocket uncovered about a month ago.  These all have very transparent crystals set on whitish gray matrixes, and almost all the crystals have small, very dark blue cores that bleed a little into the surrounding very light blue and transparent fluorite. The combination of tiny dark cores and transparent crystals makes for a very unique (and I think quite beautiful) appearance, but it also makes them a nightmare to photograph-- transparency mixed with uneven surfaces makes focusing cameras difficult, and fluorite's tendency to not have colors show up well in photographs does not help!  So I am including a video of this piece, to help convey what it looks like.  A video can be seen here: 
















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