fluorite

Lot 72036. Gold Nugget "Lightning Bolt", Victoria, Australia; 10.63 x 2.36 x 1.43 inches (27.00 x 6.00 x 3.64 cm), 1,241 grams (39.9 oz t). Estimate: $70,000 - $100,000.  DALLAS, TX.- An enormous, 40-ounce gold nugget, nicknamed “Lightning Bolt” for its jolting, bright yellow glow and rarity beyond any diamond found on Earth, could take top lot honors in in Heritage Auctions’ Nature & Science Auction Aug. 18. The 11-inch nugget was discovered in Victoria, Australia, and experts have deemed the... [Lire la suite]

Fluorite from Denton Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, USA. 

Fluorite, Shangbao Mine Hunan Province, China.

Fluorite - Minerva Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA.

Fluorapatite avec inclusion cristalline de Rutile. Collection et photo Gianfranco Ciccolini Fluorite. Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Italie. Collection et photo Giuseppe Finello Spinelle. Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italie. Collection Fulvio Iurcotta / Photo Matteo Chinellato. Stolzite. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australie. Collection Domenico Preite  / Photo Matteo Chinellato. Fluorapatite. Collection et photo Giuseppe... [Lire la suite]

Fluorite, ivory and agate love bird carving, Cartier, circa 1910. Photo Sotheby's Designed as two carved fluorite love birds with circular-cut demantoid garnet eyes, to an ivory perch and carved agate base, height approximately 157mm, unsigned, partially numbered to base, probably by Varangoz for Cartier, fitted case stamped Cartier. Estimation 8,000 — 12,000 GBP Litterature: Cf; Judy Rudoe, Cartier 1900-1939, British Museum Press 1997, page 113, for examples of similar love bird ornaments by Varangoz.Cf; Reflections of... [Lire la suite]

Fluorite - Okorusu Mine, Namibia Dioptase - Tsumeb Mine, Namibia Opal Aura Quartz - Arkansas The unique colors come from a thin layer of platinum, which is molecularly bonded to the quartz Tourmaline - Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Iridescent Hematite - Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy Rhodochrosite - N’Chwaning, South Africa. (Images by courtesy of Bijoux et Minéraux)

Square pyrite cube.  Pallasite Meteorite Cube. Fluorite with Phantom. Iceland Spar. Blue Diamond.

Apophyllite over Quartz and Stilbite Stolzite Fluorite, Calcite // Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA Tanzanite Natural Gem Crystal.

Fluorite on Calcite Minerals from Caravia Mine, Caravia, Asturias, Spain, Europe