Detailed information
Dimensions
76 x 57 x 37
mm
Weight
158 g
Locality
Xianghualing, Linwu County Chenzhou Prefecture Hunan Province, China
Condition
No recorded repairs
This small cabinet specimen is perhaps not as colourful as some Chinese Fluorite, but for crystal form it is really lovely and with no obvious damage. It comes from Xianghualing, Linwu County, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province. What is not clear is whether it is Xianghualing mine, or the wider Xianghualing orefield. Xianghualing mine is certainly famous for fine Fluorite specimens and has been since the 1990s, but its trademark crystals are pale greenish glassy cubes rather than the frosted white octahedra liberally carpeting this fine specimen. Ex Arvid Pasto Collection, no. 1026.
