Fluorite Garnet Discovered - 02/15/2013

Discovered - 02/15/2013

Discovered - 1911

The unique dark sugar quartz matrix evokes interstellar scenes of distant star clusters and nebulae offsetting the brilliant shine of the calcite crystals it contains

and other materials all originating from the Yindu Mine in Inner Mongolia

Fluorite Garnet Discovered - 02/15/2013Fluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals, occurring in shades of blue, green, purple, red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed. The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux, or chemical cleaning agent, in iron smelting and other metallurgy. Pure fluorite is clear, but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent. With a