Description
Good dark purple cubic fluorite crystals on gangue, unusual for this deposit.
Fluorite crystals from the Xianghuapu mine in Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China.
The Xianghuapu polymetallic deposit produces mainly beryllium and tin. Many of the collectible fluorite specimens mined in China in recent years have come from this mine.
The specimens of this mine are nowadays numerous on the market, but remain very good specimens of collection.
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