Rare Huge Fluorite Ball on Amethyst – Natural Mineral Specimen from Nashik, Maharashtra, India # B 5926

Features:

Primary Mineral: Fluorite
Secondary Mineral: Amethyst
Size: 2 x 1.5 inches (5.1 x 3.8 cm)
Size Class: Miniature
Weight: 75 g (2.6 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

A large, pale yellow-green fluorite ball resting on a bed of frosted lavender amethyst and quartz crystals, from Nashik. The sphere is translucent with a satiny surface and fills much of the miniature.

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. The soft green tone is a less common color for these balls.

A compact display piece.