Yellow Fluorite Ball on MM Quartz – Natural Mineral Specimen from Nashik, Maharashtra, India # B 5615

Features:

Primary Mineral: Fluorite (yellow)
Secondary Mineral: Quartz
Size: 2.5 x 1.5 inches (6.3 x 3.8 cm)
Size Class: Small Cabinet
Weight: 115 g (4.1 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Two joined yellow fluorite balls resting in a pale gray, quartz-lined geode from Nashik. The smooth, satiny spheres stand out against the frosty white lining around them.

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 soft butter-yellow color is attractive and even.

A compact, cheerful small-cabinet specimen for a fluorite collection.