Fluorite
White Sands Prospect
Hansonburg District, Bingham
Socorro County, New Mexico
10.46 cm x 7.92 cm x 6.40 cm
ex. Charles F. Lewis collection
Here is a really great specimen of fluorite from this region of New Mexico.
Fluorite cubes up to 3 cm cover this matrix of fluorite, calcite and quartz.
The fluorite crystals are many shades of blue and purple, with some iron inclusions that make some of the crystals appear red in color.
The specimen shows wonderful twinning and inter-growth of the fluorite.
The some faces show natural etching which gives them a more frosted matte finish.
The fluorite has very intense fluorescence under UV lighting.
Overall excellent condition, with only one very slight possible bruise to a single crystal, but the area appears to have been re-healed.
