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Fluorite (rare botryoidal form) on Quartz var. Amethyst from Tekhdi, Madhya Pradesh, India

 
Fluorite (rare botryoidal form) on Quartz var. Amethyst from Tekhdi, Madhya Pradesh, India

Fluorite (rare botryoidal form) on Quartz var. Amethyst from Tekhdi, Madhya Pradesh, India

Fluorite (rare botryoidal form) on Quartz var. Amethyst from Tekhdi, Madhya Pradesh, India

Fluorite (rare botryoidal form) on Quartz var. Amethyst from Tekhdi, Madhya Pradesh, India

DESCRIPTION:No. 39128
Mineral:Fluorite (rare botryoidal form) on Quartz var. Amethyst
Locality:Tekhdi, Madhya Pradesh, India
Description:Spherical formation 28 mm in diameter of translucent yellow fluorite in a shallow cavity lined with light-purple amethyst quartz crystals up to 5 mm. A central area did not fill in the sphere revealing the internal structure of parallel cubic crystals. Collected in 2007 from a new locality in central India
Overall Size:11x6x5 cm
Crystals:28 mm botryoid
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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