Deep violet fades into forest green in tight, painterly bands down this fluorite tower, sourced from China\'s legendary Yaogangxian mine — and where the crystal meets its natural rock matrix at the base, a wild splash of rust-orange oxidation and pyrite glitter marks exactly where this point grew out of the earth. That raw, untouched base is the \"root\" — proof this piece was cut and polished straight from its natural growth position rather than carved from a random chunk.Yaogangxian is one of the most prized fluorite localities on earth, famous for producing exactly this kind of richly saturated, multi-toned purple-to-green banding. Fluorite gets its name from the Latin fluere — \"to flow\" — for the way early metallurgists used it as a flux. It\'s also the mineral that gave fluorescence its name: under UV light, this tower ignites into a saturated electric blue-violet glow, its banding rearranging into an entirely different pattern than what you see in daylight. Two crystals in one, depending on the light you give it.Details: 18 cm tall, ~5 × 4 cm base • 753 g • Yaogangxian, China • Natural matrix root base • Fluoresces vivid blue-violet under UV/blacklight • Polished tower, natural formation
Related Items:
2.6LB 6.7" Amethyst Tower Point High Quality Rainbow Inclusions Deep Purple
$200.00
Amethyst (non-precious natural stone) # 6031
$220.00
AQUA PEARL Lite PURPLE /PINK 39” Bubbler Rare NIB Vintage Spencer’s Motion NEW
$400.00
