P22M11 Fluorite on Quartz
Pasto Bueno, Pallasca Prov., Ancash Dept., Peru
12.5x 3.4x 3.0 cm
$800

A beautiful example of a fluorite on quartz, from a recent find at Pasto Bueno. These fluorite has a bluish purple color, with the color concentrated near the surfaces and edges.  The crystal also has light cubic phantoms if you look closely.   There are a couple very tiny chips on the quartz points and an abrasion on one edge of the fluorite, though like all of these, you have to look closely to see it.  It's a very unusual fluorite color, the combination of colorless and blue-purple, with the color concentrated in the outer regions of the crystals makes them quite unlike pieces from anywhere else. 

This mining area became famous in the 1970's, when it produced spectacular rhodochrosite.  In recent years, there have also been finds of hubnerite.











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