Auction Win: Fluorite with Chalcopyrite and Muscovite
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Details
Locality: Yindu Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Size: Miniature - 3.5 × 3 × 2.9 cm
Backlit, this Fluorite shines a variety of colors you wouldn’t realize it possessed. Then, you might notice the texture on the crystal faces.
Fluorite is CaF2, a halide mineral. It was first described in 1530 by Georgius Agricola, and its name comes from the Latin word for flowing. It is a major source of fluorine used in toothpaste.
The Yindu Ag-Pb-Zn deposit in Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, is a Chinese polymetallic deposit best known to collectors for fluorite specimens and associated sulfide minerals. Documented associated minerals include muscovite, siderite, quartz, sphalerite, calcite, pyrrhotite, boulangerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and galena, underscoring a classic Ag-Pb-Zn assemblage. Its relevance today lies in the combination of ore-deposit interest and specimen appeal, especially for collectors seeking fluorite from a locality with a diverse sulfide paragenesis.
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