Fluorite Cubes on Matrix UV roughly 20 million years ago

roughly 20 million years ago

and blues as well as the more commonly encountered clear or pale white

typically associated with granitic pegmatites

Species - Scyphocrinites elegans

A relatively new and exciting addition to the mineral world

Fluorite Cubes on Matrix UV roughly 20 million years agoFluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals, occurring in shades of blue, green, purple, red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed. The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux, or chemical cleaning agent, in iron smelting and other metallurgy. Pure fluorite is clear, but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent. With a