FLUORITE

Weardale, County Durham, England

FLUORITE, Weardale, County Durham, England. I quote from an anonymous old label that accompanies this specimen. “Pale green brilliant cube, the faces of which are composed of parallel growths of smaller cubes which show the tetrahexahedron. With inclusions.” Hugh A. Ford, on his label calls it a”built-up xl.” I must add that at some time in its early past it was broken cleanly, just about in half, without loss, and was repaired. This probably happened as it was being collected from the earth. The repair-joint shows quite clearly in the photograph. I have never seen a fluorite like this one and it came from the Ehrmann and Karabacek collections in 1939. 2-1/4x1-3/4x1-1/2 inches. $500.