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This specimen is gorgeous under regular lighting or back lit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFluorite is calcium fluoride, CaF2, and a halide mineral known commercially as fluorspar. It was named in 1797 by Carlo Antonio Galeani Napione from the Latin fluere, meaning “to flow,” because it was used as a flux. It is the principal source of fluorine and the material that gives toothpaste its fluoride.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuanzhou in Fujian Province, China is a mineral locality region that includes several collector-relevant districts, including Dehua and Yongchun counties. Mindat records occurrences here for species such as goethite, chalcedony, fluorite, quartz, and calcite, and also notes nearby gold and base-metal deposit areas within the greater Quanzhou region. 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Known since antiquity, its name comes from Sanskrit and means “burning stone.” It is a bright yellow solid, and it is the sulfur in toothpaste fluoride chemistry and fertilizers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEl Desierto mine is a sulfur locality about 8 km south of San Pablo de Napa in Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia. It is best known among collectors for native sulfur, with additional specimens documented from gypsum, chalcedony, opal-AN, alum-(K), and tuff. 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This crystal structure could easily be confused with a Beryl, or possibly even a Tourmaline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystal Castle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48770279932059,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0336\/3012\/6217\/files\/3f21eaa9-794b-47fb-90c0-45e5f4a0b041.jpg?v=1781485225"},{"product_id":"auction-win-3d57d6a7-253c-4d28-a929-46e60eea9eac","title":"Auction Win: Rhodochrosite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocality:\u003c\/strong\u003e Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e Small Cabinet - 8.3 × 3.2 × 3.8 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral, MnCO3, known for its rose-pink color. 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Its name comes from the Greek hesson, meaning “inferior,” chosen because it is softer and denser than most garnet varieties; the original grossular was named in 1803 by Abraham Gottlob Werner after gooseberries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMana Mine is in Barang-Turghao, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, in the northwestern foothills of the country. It is best known among collectors for gem garnet, especially grossular and its orange hessonite variety, which have been documented from the locality. Specimens from this mine are valued for attractive crystal form and color, making it a notable Pakistani source for garnet specimens today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystal Castle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48770280030363,"sku":null,"price":6.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0336\/3012\/6217\/files\/f5dcd622-d776-4340-9a1b-b4e21494d196.jpg?v=1781485232"},{"product_id":"auction-win-d3753e2f-b08e-4f66-a9ae-7e6861bd55ee","title":"Auction Win: Chalcedony on Quartz var. 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True to its name, the Fluorapatite fluoresces a banana yellow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFluorapatite is a calcium phosphate fluoride mineral, Ca5(PO4)3F, and a member of the apatite group. It was first described in 1860 by H. Behrens, and its name comes from the Greek “phosphoros,” meaning light-bearing, for its fluorescence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field lies in Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan, on the Nuristan rare-melt pegmatite belt within the Early Cretaceous Nilau igneous complex. Specimens from this field remain important today for their combination of gem quality, sharp crystal form, and classic Afghanistan pegmatite character.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystal Castle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48770280194203,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0336\/3012\/6217\/files\/18cc70ee-e63b-4bcb-bd0d-1b7cadae2b3b.jpg?v=1781485240"},{"product_id":"auction-win-50d805dd-bf60-4502-8eaa-502c1f762864","title":"Auction Win: Calcite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocality:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e Small Cabinet - 6 × 4.5 × 3 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe terminations of both light honey colored crystals are excellent, besides the interrupted growth on the right side of larger one, likely where it was attached to the pocket wall. This specimen has a red orange fluorescence, and displays it well. There is a point of contact on the back. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalcite is a carbonate mineral with formula CaCO3. It was named by Friedrich Mohs in 1822 from the Greek word chalix, meaning lime. It is a major component of limestone, which people use in construction, cement, and lime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSweetwater Mine is an American classic locality in the Southeast Missouri Lead District, an area of Mississippi Valley-type sulfide deposits hosted in Paleozoic dolostone and limestone. The mine is notable for lead and zinc mineralization and has produced specimens of galena, sphalerite, calcite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, bornite, and millerite. Among collectible material documented from the locality are spinel-law twinned galena crystals and well-crystallized sulfides that make Sweetwater Mine a recognized source for classic Missouri ore minerals today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystal Castle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48770280226971,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0336\/3012\/6217\/files\/ff23176d-fae8-488d-b9b9-861d0b27f732.jpg?v=1781485243"},{"product_id":"auction-win-5267838c-5e91-4785-bdd9-aeedefbd78d6","title":"Auction Win: Chrysocolla (Pseudomorph!)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocality:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e Miniature - 4 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis color is hard to find crystallized. Believed to be pseudomorphed after either Baryte, Selenite, or Azurite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLupoto Mine is a copper deposit in the Kalumines property at Kakumba in Kipushi Territory, about 25 kilometers northwest of Lubumbashi in Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a reduced-facies copper deposit hosted in dolomitic shale and is recorded as producing malachite and chrysocolla, with malachite on display in collected specimens from the locality. 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Named in antiquity from the Greek pyr, meaning fire, because it sparked when struck. Its brassy color also gave rise to its nickname of “fool’s gold.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuanzala Mine, in the Huallanca District of Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru, is a lead-zinc mine. It is especially renowned among collectors for producing excellent pyrite and fluorite specimens. 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