Item #10888

$250.00
Fluorite on Quartz
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA

This specimen from the William Wise Mine in New Hampshire is unusual in that the prominent fluorite crystal is so sharp: most crystals from this locality are highly etched. Sharp octahedrons are quite rare from here. The fluorite is surrounded by smaller crystals all of which rest on a plate of quartz. The bottom of the piece has been cut off. A perfect hand specimen measure 9 x 5 x 6 cm. Sits well as shown. There is a contact (from another fluorite) on the bottom half of the back of the main fluorite, but no damage. The other crystals around the main one are incomplete, as found.