Detailed information
Species
Fluorite
Dimensions
45 x 48 x 40
mm
Weight
70 g
Locality
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England
Condition
No recorded repairs
Fluorite from Hilton mine is always so desirable. It must be the rich intense amber-yellow colour not seen anywhere else in the UK, but it should be remembered that very few of the specimens from this mine attain that wonderful colour, many are simply a washed out pale yellow. This superb miniature specimen features several gorgeous glassy, twinned amber Fluorite crystals, the largest reaching over 2 cm on edge. The surfaces of some of the main crystals are microscopically pitted, but they are still glassy, and internally extremely gemmy. One of the twinned crystals is missing a corner, but otherwise this is an extremely attractive high-end Hilton mine Fluorite.