Nugget Shooter 4,611 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites
adam 3,120 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 Link to post Share on other sites
rockhunter1620 62 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! Link to post Share on other sites
Goldfinger 43 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Great looking specimen. My guess is it's from China... Steve Link to post Share on other sites
Red_desert 138 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Nice specimen! :twocents: :wubu: Link to post Share on other sites
mihailovici179 3 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Awesome Link to post Share on other sites
Hunt 0 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,611 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.... Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 That is one of the most amazing crystal structures I have ever seen.... Link to post Share on other sites
weaver hillbille 488 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,611 Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Wow again and thanks for the followup info! Amazing..... Link to post Share on other sites
weaver hillbille 488 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 Link to post Share on other sites
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