Detailed information
Dimensions
94 x 120 x 86
mm
Weight
1090 g
Locality
Hammam-Zriba Mine Zriba-Village, Zaghouan Governorate Tunisia
Condition
No recorded repairs
This might not be the most aesthetic Fluorite that you have ever come across, but it is the rare combination of large colourless cubic crystals and cream-coloured fibrous Celestine which are making the statement here from the classic Tunisian occurrence at Hammam-Zriba mine. The feathery aggregated sprays of Celestine clearly formed first and are embedded within the edges of the Fluorite crystals, but the larger Fluorite crystals are inclusion-free across most of their terminated edges. The largest Fluorite crystal reaches over 5.5 cm on its longest edge, which is a very good size, and has slightly stepped faces as it has grown outwards at slight different rates. We rarely see specimens of Fluorite and Celestine together so this is an important piece given its fine condition and overall size. Ex Arvid Pasto Collection.
