Yellow Fluorite

Yellow FluoriteFluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals, occurring in shades of blue, green, purple, red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed. The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux, or chemical cleaning agent, in iron smelting and other metallurgy. Pure fluorite is clear, but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent. With a

Ophiuroides sp

Copper is a so-called native metal

This naturally occurring form of relatively common pyrite remains highly sought after by collectors as a specimen or for use as a gem or in jewelry

Fluorite crystals are well shaped

with particularly high shine or uniquely shaped pieces prized by collectors

Chrysocolla is in the copper family

Chalcedony has a unique crystalline structure that gives it an enormously variable appearance

copper has been used by humans as ornamentation

Calcite is a form of Calcium Carbonate and is one of the primary components in limestone

this piece consists of beautifully colored cluster of purple octohedral fluorite on a thick base of candle quartz - so named for the appearance of wax dripping down a candle down the crystal face

Fluorite has long been used as a gemstone and is increasingly popular in the market as both natural specimens and cut gems

where some truly impressive specimens like this very rarely emerge from the mines