Nugget Shooter Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 No story Bill?? Were you down at the show in Tucson? Nice Fluorite....Probably China ? or Illinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhunter1620 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 That is absolutely, sweet A$$!!!!! How big is that? You ain't got an Ag dollar next to it fer scale. But tooooo cool Bill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvchris Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Great looking specimen. My guess is it's from China... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_desert Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Nice specimen! :twocents: :wubu: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihailovici179 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 It looks like Ancient pyrite crystal of extreme size, if they are opague.Nice specimen!Hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 No story guys, but it was from Smithsonian and sent to me in an email.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 That is one of the most amazing crystal structures I have ever seen.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaver hillbille Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 http://www.clementmineralmuseum.org/ ... May 2008 of ROCK and GEM, pg 58, details Mr Clement's world-class collection of fluorite specimens. I guess Western Kentucky was/is the fluorospar capital of the US. Looks like all colors of the rainbow are represented.http://www.clementmineralmuseum.org/images/clfl6.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Wow again and thanks for the followup info! Amazing..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaver hillbille Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I was lucky enough to pick up a box full of back issues( of Rock and GEm) for free off of CL. Wouldn't have spotted the article, otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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