Specimen #648

Name: Quartz pseudomorph After Calcite on Fluorite

Type: Mineral

Locality: Xianghualing Mine, Hunan Province, China

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 9.7 x 8.6 x 6.4 cm

Weight: 393

Acquired: 2008-05-01

Source: Arkenstone Auction

Label: Y

Comment: A showy and excellent pseudomorph from recent finds at the famous Xianghualing Mine of China. Snow-white, sparkly quartz after calcite scalenohedrons are richly encrusted on glassy, translucent, sea-green fluorite. A few broken pseudos show that the crystals are hollow! This is indeed, a neat revelation, highlighting the pseudomorphing process of the calcite crystals by the quartz. more sparkly in person!c

Minerals: Calcite (CaCO₃) Fluorite (CaF₂) Quartz (SiO₂)

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Quartz pseudomorph After Calcite on Fluorite, Xianghualing Mine, Hunan Province, China (9.7 x 8.6 x 6.4 cm)

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Quartz pseudomorph After Calcite on Fluorite, Xianghualing Mine, Hunan Province, China

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Quartz pseudomorph After Calcite on Fluorite, Xianghualing Mine, Hunan Province, China