FLUORITE with GALENA and QUARTZ

Aouli, near Midelt, in Khénifra Province Morocco was well-known during the 1990s for orange to amber-coloured Fluorite but very few crystals were what we would term 'gemmy'. Despite being miniature in size, this Fluorite from Aouli from Arvid Pasto's famous worldwide Fluorite collection is an absolute treasure. Upon it, two gorgeous intensely amber-yellow cubes of Fluorite sit, joined in the middle and perched upon a finger of Quartz-Fluorite-Galena matrix. Individually the Fluorite cubes reach up to 1.4 cm on edge and are sharp and glassy, particularly in their corners, with cloudy centres. One of the cubes has slight chipping to two corners down one edge at the back of the crystal, but this is barely visible from the front and its aesthetics are enhanced by several, later generation, well-formed squat Quartz crystals sat upon the surface of the Fluorite. A very pretty Moroccan Fluorite.