Fluorite with Calcite
- Species
- Fluorite
- Crystal system
- Cubic (isometric)
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 4
- Chemistry
- CaF₂
- Dimensions
- 25 × 13.5 × 26 cm (9.8 × 5.3 × 10.2 in)
- Weight
- 6.36 kg (14.0 lb)
- Grade
- Museum Grade
- Treatment
- 100% Natural · Untreated
The color zones read clearly and then interlock: sparkling grey-sugar quartz over the crown, lake-green fluorite in translucent patches through the midsection — hazed wherever fine quartz drifts over it — and butter-to-ivory calcite below, semi-translucent with an oily glow under light. The large calcite crystals keep complete, well-defined forms.
Three minerals, three textures, one upright mountain. A base of fine grey quartz — a surface like crystallized sugar — carries lake-green fluorite banked across its upper slopes, while large honey-toned calcite crystals push outward from the flanks below, each face flat and silk-lined with growth lines.
Why collectors want this
Combination specimens usually make one mineral the star; this one refuses to choose. Sugar-matte, sea-glass green, and honey-translucent share a single silhouette, and the intact calcite crystal forms give the piece a sculptural lower edge that most combination plates lack.
Living with it
Light from the upper front at mid-height so all three zones stay lit at once; a slightly warm lamp flatters the calcite without deadening the green. The projecting calcite crystals are the part to protect — lift with both hands from below.
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