Fluorite Cluster, Deep Aubergine
- Species
- Fluorite
- Crystal system
- Cubic (isometric)
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 4
- Chemistry
- CaF₂
- Dimensions
- 19 × 8 × 10 cm (7.5 × 3.1 × 3.9 in)
- Weight
- 3.46 kg (7.6 lb)
- Grade
- Museum Grade
- Treatment
- 100% Natural · Untreated
A compact cluster of large, rounded-edged crystals in deep aubergine to near-black, much of the surface wearing a grey-silver quartz frost that mutes the purple into haze. Where light transmits through the crystal body, the piece transforms: a vivid pink-violet glow rises from within, faint internal color zoning just visible.
Huanggang fluorite comes in many characters; this is the veiled one. Deep aubergine crystals — cube softening toward octahedron — grew large and blunt, then a final generation of fine quartz dusted them in silver frost. The purple waits under the veil until strong light passes through, and then it burns.
Why collectors want this
Two states in one specimen: veiled matte purple in ambient light, and a transmitted pink-violet blaze under a strong beam — a genuine optical property of the crystal, not an effect of the camera. Among our Huanggang fluorites this is the collector-grade piece: the largest crystals, the densest mass, and the most dramatic light response.
Living with it
Keep a strong, directable lamp on hand and set the piece where that beam can pass through the crystal body rather than only bouncing off it — that is what triggers the transmitted pink-violet glow. In softer ambient light it reads as a quieter, frosted purple, so it suits a spot seen under different lighting through the day.
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