Detailed information
Species
Fluorite
Dimensions
28 x 42 x 25
mm
Weight
22 g
Locality
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dôme Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Condition
No recorded repairs
Fluorite from the La Barre mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France is known the world over for its amazing colour zoning. This miniature specimen features an aggregate of zoned cubic Fluorite crystals on a thin matrix of massive Fluorite. The crystals are dominated by a 2.2 cm crystal, displaying excellent zonation from dominant amber yellow in the core to colourless and blue in the outer few millimetres. One rear corner of this main crystal is cleaved away, but the side and rear faces of the crystal display the most prominent zonation with much richer bluish shades in the outer edge.