FLUORITE – THE COLLECTOR’S CHOICE. Mint condition. One of my favorite books from the monograph series from Lithographie, Inc. Some 120 pages with 23 chapters written by experts around the world. Chapters on mineralogy, geology, color, fluorescence, and famous locations in United States, Canada, Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa and Morocco. My favorite chapter is written by Ross Lillie on The Great Southern Illinois Fluorspar Deposits.

Cluster of large, purple, translucent FLUORITE crystals on white Quartz. Most of the cubic crystals are beveled and zoned with dark purple edges. The Fluorite fluoresces Blue under long-wave UV light. Specimen is 6.3 inches in length. Largest Fluorite cube is 0.6 inches long. 

Cluster of large, purple, translucent FLUORITE crystals. Most of the cubic crystals are zoned with dark purple edges. The Fluorite fluoresces Blue under long-wave UV light. Specimen is 4.2 inches in length. Largest Fluorite cube is 0.6 inches long. 

Cluster of large, green, translucent FLUORITE crystals with several CALCITE crystals. The Fluorite fluoresces Blue under long-wave UV light. Specimen is 6.1 inches in length. Largest Fluorite cube is 3.5 inches long. All Fluorite crystals have beveled edges, usually with etching. This specimen is from the collection of Roger Maynard. Roger is a friend and was a long-time geologist with the US Geological Survey.

Fluorite, Lead Hill, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorescent Purple Flourite, Greenlaw’s Mine, England

Octahedral Fluorite on Quartz