Fluorite Mixed on Matrix

Fluorite Mixed on MatrixFluorite 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

Pea Crabs of the genus Pinnixa lived in what is now modern-day California approximately 12-16 million years ago

from fine crystal to botryoidal (spherical/nodular)

from the middle Miocene around 12-16 million years ago

Aragonite is an incredibly variable mineral

accentuating the clear sea green of the superb quality crystals

One of the most widely recognized and unmistakable minerals

These calcite crystals clusters are mostly hexagonal and clear with unique reddish inclusions

often with intricate patterns and shapes

fine quartz crystals

These unique

Harpes (Scotoharpes) Trilobite

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