Botryoidal (Blueberry) Fluorite from Inner Mongolia (4"x6") goth rocks

Botryoidal (Blueberry) Fluorite from Inner Mongolia (4"x6") goth rocksBubbly deep blue botryoidals on this medium large plate of Blueberry Fluorite from the Huanggangliang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China. The smaller berries are translucent and bright blue while the larger crystals are opaque even in bright light. The contrast between the deep color of the blue and the white quartz is quite pretty. There is a scattering of light green in one area and my unsubstantiated belief is that the green is either newly formed blue or

In some areas the azurite has been coated with goethite

Cerro de Pasco

fully terminated with bright flash and shine

Large banded Rhodochrosite set in

The ammolite is carefully mined to preserve the layers of colour and then coated in UV-resistant resin to protect them

Nicely carved raven perched atop a human skull

Classic chocolate brown dogtooth calcite with a secondary snow white coating on the tips

maybe markings from the mining process

no obvious point of contact

While its quite pretty

Cute little Brucite from Balochistan

Mohave turquoise is a unique material made from Kingman turquoise (often enhanced with pink and purple colours)