Rare Double Fluorite Balls on Amethyst – Natural Mineral Specimen from Nashik, Maharashtra, India # B 6099

Features:

Primary Mineral: Fluorite
Secondary Mineral: Amethyst
Size: 4 x 2 inches (10.2 x 5.1 cm)
Size Class: Cabinet
Weight: 275 g (9.7 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Two joined, peach-orange fluorite balls sitting side by side on a thin plate of pinkish amethyst and chalcedony, from Nashik. The matched pair of spheres makes an eye-catching, symmetrical display.

Fluorite usually forms cubes or octahedra, so rounded, botryoidal balls are an unusual habit, and one the Deccan Traps basalts of Nashik have become known for. A matched pair of large balls on amethyst is a less common arrangement.

A cabinet-sized example.