Fluorite Ball on MM Quartz – Natural Mineral Specimen from Nashik, Maharashtra, India # B 5372

Features:

Primary Mineral: Fluorite
Secondary Mineral: Quartz
Size: 3 x 1.5 inches (7.6 x 3.8 cm)
Size Class: Small Cabinet
Weight: 197 g (6.9 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Two joined, bright orange fluorite balls with a finely pebbled surface, nested in a round cup of smoky, sparkling quartz crystals from Nashik. The vivid orange spheres sit at the center of the quartz-lined geode and contrast sharply with the gray, glassy crystals around them.

Fluorite generally crystallizes in cubes or octahedra. Ball-shaped, botryoidal growth is an unusual habit from the Deccan basalts, and paired balls in a strong orange color make this one of the more distinctive examples.

A colorful small-cabinet specimen of botryoidal fluorite in a quartz geode.