Calcite on Fluorite, Okorusu Mine, Namibia

Okorusu fluorite is easily amongst the most beautiful in the world, with many famous colour combinations discovered over the years. This light green fluorite boasts gemmy and lustrous cubes, with a few displaying colour-zoning. On one side there are large calcite crystals, which turn red upon exposure to long wave ultraviolet light. The fluorite turns a beautiful purple-blue under the same UV light. This is a larger specimen (just over 1 kg) which can be admired by displaying several different ways. There is no damage to the fluorite crystals but one calcite has some contact cleaving. Ex Garry Kolodinsky collection. From: Okorusu Mine, Namibia. Dimensions: 12 cm x 13 cm