Honey Fluorite Balls on Amethyst – Natural Mineral Specimen from Nashik, Maharashtra, India # B 5645

Features:

Primary Mineral: Fluorite (honey)
Secondary Mineral: Amethyst
Size: 3 x 2.5 inches (7.6 x 6.3 cm)
Size Class: Small Cabinet
Weight: 218 g (7.7 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Two joined, honey-colored fluorite balls on a bed of pale pink-lavender amethyst crystals from Nashik. The translucent amber spheres sit at the top of the cluster, and the sparkling, sharply pointed crystals below give them a bright frame.

Fluorite usually forms cubes or octahedra, so these rounded, botryoidal balls are an unusual habit, and one the Deccan Traps basalts of Nashik have become known for. The amethyst base adds color and sparkle.

A well-balanced small-cabinet specimen of honey fluorite on amethyst.