Fluorite (GEM QUALITY bi-color “floater”)

Fluorite (GEM QUALITY bi-color “floater”)The famous Shangbao Mine in China has been the source of some of the most attractive Fluorite specimens from any locality in the entire country, which is really saying something considering the large amount of Fluorite that has come out of various Chinese localities over the last couple decades. The Shangbao specimens feature beautiful color combinations along with eye catching crystal forms, and this piece is a great example. This thumbnail sized

Specimen# CO712B153

tree-like formation

This piece has some of the largest individual crystals of Wavellite that I have seen from Bolivia

An amazingly bright yellow-green glow can be seen that is almost unmatched in fluorescent minerals

well-formed

it’s a cool oddity that would make a nice addition to a Bolivian suite

you must add one of these to your collection

save the base where it detached from the matrix

rendering it useless

Ahlfeld worked the San Jose mine and Itos mine (the other significant Andorite locality at the same mountain in Oruro) when the mines were used predominantly as a major source of tin to the United States during WWII

A very attractive “locality” specimen

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