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FF61M2: Cuboctahedral crystals with slight coloring on faces and clearly zoned with a deep violet color on edges and vertices. Fluorite crystals are on an Orthoclase (adularia) and smoky Quartz matrix. The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 139 in the volume 88, number 2, Mar/Apr 2013
Papachacra Formation, El Portezuelo granite, Belén Department, Catamarca Province Argentina (±2004)
Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.87” × 2.24” × 1.61”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Former Jan Buma collection. Number 040906
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