Fluorite Phantom

Fluorite PhantomFluorite 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

521 million years old

From the Ordovician age

These large

which over the course of millions of years becomes solid while retaining the semitransparent yellowish hue of tree sap

with particularly high shine or uniquely shaped pieces prized by collectors

Malachite is known for its deep green coloration

As mineral specimen stibnite crystals form intricate and almost otherworldly shapes

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from the Cambrian age

pyrite is an abundant sulfide mineral that despite some similarities can easily be distinguished from actual gold by its crystal form (typically cuboidal) and being much harder whereas gold is soft and malleable

Kataoua formation

narrow shape resembling the interior and pitched roof of a cathedral