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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 39142
Mineral:Fluorite (rare botryoidal form) on Quartz var. Amethyst Geode
Locality:Tekhdi, Madhya Pradesh, India
Description:Large geode of purple amethyst quartz with three yellow botryoidal fluorite formations up to 50 mm diameter in one corner. One fluorite formation has a red (hematite?) inclusion just below the surface. The outside has been worked to reduce excess quartz. Collected in 2007 from a new locality in central India
Overall Size:19x18x9 cm
Crystals:12-50 mm botryoids
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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