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JFD89AO1: The Josefa-Veneros vein yielded many fluorites and although they typically exhibit large cubes with color zoning on the edges of the crystals, rough, with dodecahedral faces and predominantly violet colors, there can be notable variations within this pattern, as in this case, in which the color is much bluer than usual, as well as its high transparency that makes it different from the usual Josefa-Veneros standards but no less beautiful for that.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroņa de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (±1970-75)
Specimen size: 8 × 5.6 × 2.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.20” × 0.98”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”
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