Green Cuboctehedral Erongo Fluorite (Erongo Mountain, Namibia) - 2310GEF-EMN3
About this specimen:
4.5 x 2.4 x 1.6cm (approximately)
14.1g
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There are two main pockets of fluorite found in the Erongo Mountains. They were both discovered in the same year (2012), but have such vast differences between them that it’s hard to believe that they are even from the same locality.
These pieces are the green ones with a cuboctehedral structure (try saying that 5 times really quick LOL). It is not often that we find cuboctehedral crystals to begin with, so that already makes these pieces quite unusual.
More than that, I love how they may be fundamentally green, but each piece has phantoms and zonings of completely different colours – some with purple edges, others with a brown core. It’s like getting a Kinder Surprise and, with a bit of light, finding some new beautiful secret it has waiting for you to discover.
About this specimen:
4.5 x 2.4 x 1.6cm (approximately)
14.1g
——————
There are two main pockets of fluorite found in the Erongo Mountains. They were both discovered in the same year (2012), but have such vast differences between them that it’s hard to believe that they are even from the same locality.
These pieces are the green ones with a cuboctehedral structure (try saying that 5 times really quick LOL). It is not often that we find cuboctehedral crystals to begin with, so that already makes these pieces quite unusual.
More than that, I love how they may be fundamentally green, but each piece has phantoms and zonings of completely different colours – some with purple edges, others with a brown core. It’s like getting a Kinder Surprise and, with a bit of light, finding some new beautiful secret it has waiting for you to discover.
About this specimen:
4.5 x 2.4 x 1.6cm (approximately)
14.1g
——————
There are two main pockets of fluorite found in the Erongo Mountains. They were both discovered in the same year (2012), but have such vast differences between them that it’s hard to believe that they are even from the same locality.
These pieces are the green ones with a cuboctehedral structure (try saying that 5 times really quick LOL). It is not often that we find cuboctehedral crystals to begin with, so that already makes these pieces quite unusual.
More than that, I love how they may be fundamentally green, but each piece has phantoms and zonings of completely different colours – some with purple edges, others with a brown core. It’s like getting a Kinder Surprise and, with a bit of light, finding some new beautiful secret it has waiting for you to discover.
