Fluorite Ball on MM Quartz – Natural Mineral Specimen from Nashik, Maharashtra, India # B 5351

Features:

Primary Mineral: Fluorite
Secondary Mineral: Quartz
Size: 1.5 x 1.5 inches (3.8 x 3.8 cm)
Size Class: Miniature
Weight: 93 g (3.3 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

A large, honey-orange fluorite ball nearly filling a small cup of sparkling quartz crystals, from Nashik. The fluorite surface has a fine, pebbled texture, and the ring of glassy quartz around it frames the sphere neatly.

Fluorite usually forms cubes or octahedra, so spherical, botryoidal growth from the Deccan Traps is an unusual habit. Here the ball is large relative to the whole piece, which gives it real presence for its size.

At under 4 cm, this is a compact example of botryoidal fluorite suited to a miniature collection.