Fluorite Phantom

Fluorite PhantomFluorite 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

Colored fluorite clusters atop candle quartz bases are some of the most distinctive mineral specimens to originate from the mines of Inner Mongolia

and when exposed to the elements over a long period of time can change into the closely related malachite

Only known from a relatively small number of formations worldwide

which over the course of millions of years becomes solid while retaining the semitransparent yellowish hue of tree sap

Grape Agate is a unique and distinctive mineral known from only a few locations on earth

almost unmistakable for any other species

but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent

flat barite crystals arranged in densely packed rosettes in hues of rose

dating back as far as 32

and is one of the more common gems although pieces of exceptional hue and clarity are considered fairly rare and can be extremely valuable

which means it naturally occurs in its metallic form

These unique