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Fluorite, Quartz

Locality: Josefa-Veneros vein (Josefa-Veneros Norte vein), Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Asturias, Spain

6.6 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm. Glorious, classic, color-zoned fluorite cubes on uncommon iron oxide-stained quartz crystals from this famous Asturias locale. The lustrous, transparent cubes to 1.5 cm have beautiful violet to purple zoning and are very richly and aesthetically clustered on the matrix plate. Collected circa 1974, according to the label.

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