Botryoidal Fluorite & Pyrite — Museum Specimen quartz point when a shallow sea deposited

when a shallow sea deposited the carbonate sediments that hardened into the Little Falls dolostone

18" strand

and different trace elements present as it crystallized produce different colour zones

In Chinese and Japanese tradition

This Opal Butte specimen comes from the Butte Mine in Morrow County

Botryoidal Fluorite & Pyrite — Museum Specimen quartz point when a shallow sea depositedThis botryoidal Fluorite specimen is a genuine showstopper, an extra large, double sided piece with one face richly coated in glittering golden Pyrite crystals and the other showing the natural, etched surface of the crystallised fluorite itself. At 8 inches wide, it stands as a museum quality display piece rather than a small collector tumble. So what draws collectors to a combination like this? Fluorite is highly sought after for its ability to