Colored fluorite clusters atop candle quartz bases are some of the most distinctive mineral specimens to originate from the mines of Inner Mongolia
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Their unique elongated and heavily armored bodies along with their tube-like snouts make pipefish
These high quality and exceptional color Chiapan Amber originated in Mexico during the Oligocene
or the formation of equally thin layers of secondary minerals due to hydrothermal or other alteration
Fluorite Cubes on Matrix Tanzanite Colored fluorite clusters atop candleFluorite 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