Fluorite on Candle Quartz Fluorite While in its sticky gel

While in its sticky gel state

Found in a variety of shapes and colors

incredibly brilliant pyrite and chalcopyrite

this piece consists of beautifully colored cluster of purple octohedral fluorite on a thick base of candle quartz - so named for the appearance of wax dripping down a candle down the crystal face

Fluorite on Candle Quartz Fluorite While in its sticky gelFluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals, occurring in shades of blue, green, purple, red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed. The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux, or chemical cleaning agent, in iron smelting and other metallurgy. Pure fluorite is clear, but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent. With a