Reference Specimens
Spanish Fluorite

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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM

The region where the Asturian Fluorites are found is very beautiful, as you can see in this view from Villaviciosa.
Loroñe, a pleasant village next to the Fito hill, which is where the Emilio mine is located.
Views of the village of Berbes, famous across the world for its Fluorites.
A typical 'hórreo' (grain store) in the village of Caravia Alta, which is very close to the Jaimina mine.


VILLABONA AREA


Villabona Mines

Fluorite with Pyrite
Fluorite with Pyrite. Fluorite with Pyrite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NFH59AO5: Druse on matrix of transparent Fluorite crystals, with good luster and a bright yellow color, and partially covered by polycrystalline Pyrite growths. The specimen corresponds to relatively recent finds of fluorites with Pyrite in Minas de Villabona (not to be confused with the Moscona Mine)
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2010)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.50” × 1.30” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorite with Pyrite
 

NH27AK6: Group of transparent Fluorite crystals, with very bright, intense yellow color and partially coated with Pyrite microcrystals. The specimen, a Spanish classic from the original Villabona mine, which produced far fewer collectible specimens than the nearby Moscona mine and which has recently reopened, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 273), whose label we will send to buyer.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.1 × 4.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.40” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Pyrite. Fluorite with Pyrite.
Fluorite with Pyrite
Fluorite with Pyrite. Fluorite with Pyrite.
Fluorite with Pyrite.
 

NV27AL5: Group of highly profiled Fluorite crystals, transparent, bright, with a very intense and uniform yellow color and partially covered with Pyrite microcrystals. The specimen, from the Villabona mine, much less prolific than the better known Moscona mine, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 461), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 3.46” × 2.09” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NFG14AO5: Druse on matrix of transparent Fluorite crystals, with good luster and a bright yellow color, and partially covered by polycrystalline Pyrite growths. The specimen corresponds to relatively recent finds of fluorites with Pyrite in Minas de Villabona (not to be confused with the Moscona Mine)
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.66” × 2.48” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorite with Pyrite. Fluorite with Pyrite.
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite
 

TC2280ERZ: Druse, on matrix, of cubic Fluorite crystals with yellow color, transparent and lustrous with white rhombohedral Calcite crystals and aggregates of very shiny cubic Pyrite crystals.
The unusual specimen corresponds to the first finds in the Villabona mine (not to be confused with the Moscona mine), from which few specimens are currently preserved.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1980)

Specimen size: 15.8 × 13.3 × 9.3 cm = 6.22” × 5.24” × 3.66”

Fluorite with Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NPP37AP3: Druse, on matrix, of Fluorite crystals between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a uniform yellow color. The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 830), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 16.4 × 15.6 × 4.1 cm = 6.46” × 6.14” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Pyrite. Fluorite with Pyrite.

Moscona Mine

For many years under the general locality 'Villabona' many nice lemon yellow Fluorites have appeared on the market, often associated with saddle Dolomite and often quite large Calcite which has interesting crystal form and is white to yellow in color. Less frequently they were associated with blue, white and once in a while yellow Baryte. Pyrite and Marcasite completed the paragenesis.
As so often happens, production has dropped over the last few years and, while the mine is still active, almost no new material has been found.
If you want to know more about Moscona Mine please follow this link

Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite.
 

VC25I7: Scalenohedral crystal, clear and neat, of well defined and bright faces and edges. Its tip is partially covered by a group of cubic, very bright honey-yellow crystals of Fluorite.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.50” × 0.98” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Fluorite
 

NE14AL0: Complete floater group of very sharp, transparent, extraordinarily shiny yellow crystals with unusually intense orange tones for the locality. A magnificent miniature from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 104), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2000)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.69” × 1.34” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.35” × 0.35”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite.
Fluorite with Baryte and Pyrite
Fluorite with Baryte and Pyrite. Fluorite with Baryte and Pyrite.
 

NC11AM8: Druse of transparent and lustrous Fluorite crystals covered by lamellar blue Baryte crystals, transparent and lustrous, with small Pyrite crystals.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.9 × 4.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.14” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MTB56AP2: Obtained in Munich 2022
Druse of transparent crystals of Fluorite with very good luster and an intense color and with rims and inclusions of Pyrite microcrystals. Specimens from this find show characteristics somewhat different from those previously known, especially the luster and intensity of color.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.24” × 2.17” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Fluorite with Pyrite.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
 

NE61N7: The Moscona Mine produced a lot of nice specimens during its best years. One of the nicest is this lovely Fluorite.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.05” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Dolomite
 

NP9L4: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals with intense honey color, good brilliance and transparency, the top bordered by rhombohedral white Dolomite crystals, with curved faces and edges. An elegant specimen.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 1.5 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Dolomite.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXL27AP4: Group of sharp Fluorite crystals of very good size for the locality. They are between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color, with inclusions and coatings of lamellar Baryte crystals.
This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 797), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.65” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with inclusions
 

NB12AM8: Very aerial group of transparent and lustrous Fluorite crystals, with an intense and uniform yellow color and rich in sulfide inclusions oriented along the edges, and with geometric zoning that becomes more evident with ultraviolet light since some zones are very fluorescent.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.72” × 2.28” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with inclusions. Fluorite with inclusions.
Fluorite
Fluorite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TRM37AQ1: Druse of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform honey-yellow color.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez.

Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.9 × 4.4 cm = 2.83” × 2.72” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with inclusions
 

NA11AM8: Very aerial group of transparent and lustrous Fluorite crystals, with an intense and uniform yellow color and rich in sulfide inclusions oriented along the edges, and with geometric zoning that becomes more evident with ultraviolet light since some zones are very fluorescent.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm = 2.99” × 1.81” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with inclusions. Fluorite with inclusions.
Fluorite with inclusions.
Fluorite with Dolomite
Fluorite with Dolomite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Fluorite with Dolomite
 

XM270NKX: Druse of cubic Fluorite crystals with very well-defined edges and very deep yellowish tones, with violet geometric zoning in some of the crystals on the right side of the specimen, accompanied by small Dolomite crystals in beautiful color contrast. Coming from a very classic deposit for Asturian Fluorite, the Moscona mine, although its color is not the most classic of that mine, but has different tones than usual there.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.4 × 4.3 cm = 3.07” × 1.73” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.51” × 0.31”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite
 

NB12N7: The Moscona Mine produced a lot of nice specimens during its best years. One of the nicest is this lovely Fluorite with Calcite.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.07” × 2.99” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TJL87AQ1: Druse of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform honey-yellow color, and partially covered by small groups of very lustrous white Baryte crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2300), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.7 × 2.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.64” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Fluorite with Calcite
 

SM380EXN: Druse of very sharp and translucent Fluorite crystals, with bright luster and a very deep honey-yellow color. A special piece due to the quality of the color, the transparency and the size of the crystal, much larger than usual in specimens from this prolific mine.
The specimen is from Pierre-Marie Guy's prestigious fluorite collection.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2010)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.8 × 2.4 cm = 3.15” × 2.28” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.59”

Former collection of Pierre-Marie Guy
Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite
Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite. Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NFJ57AN7: Druse of transparent Fluorite crystals with good luster and an intense yellow color, partially covered by tabular crystals of Baryte with a light blue color, transparent and lustrous, with small white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 802), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2021)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.2 × 6.6 cm = 3.19” × 2.83” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Dolomite
 

NA67AM0: Crust of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, lustrous, with an intense yellow color and bordered by small white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with the typical “saddle” habit.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 8.1 × 6.3 cm = 3.19” × 3.19” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Dolomite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Dolomite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Dolomite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Dolomite.
Fluorite with inclusions
Fluorite with inclusions. Fluorite with inclusions.
 

NA13AM8: Very aerial group of transparent and lustrous Fluorite crystals, with an intense and uniform yellow color and rich in sulfide inclusions oriented along the edges, and with geometric zoning that becomes more evident with ultraviolet light since some zones are very fluorescent.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4 × 2.2 cm = 3.31” × 1.57” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.59”

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite
 

VX7G8: A group of cubic crystals of yellow honey color, very bright and transparent, skirted by bluish tabular crystals of Baryte and covered by little scalenohedra of Calcite. A very fine piece.
This specimen was photographed and published in the magazine "Lapis" number 7-8 / 2013, page 52
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.9 × 9.9 cm = 3.39” × 2.32” × 3.90”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.47”

Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite. Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite.
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Top
Top
 

NY14K7: Good brilliance, transparency and honey yellow cubic Fluorite group. The prominent Calcite has a rare multiple termination.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.9 × 2.5 cm = 3.43” × 2.72” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.35” × 0.35”

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TLB96AO5: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and a honey-yellow color and with very distinct geometric zoning outlined by oriented Pyrite inclusions, concentrated especially around the edges.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 8.2 × 2.3 cm = 3.54” × 3.23” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.51” × 0.51”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions. Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions.
Fluorite with Dolomite and Pyrite inclusions
Fluorite with Dolomite and Pyrite inclusions. Fluorite with Dolomite and Pyrite inclusions.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFX17AP5: Druse of transparent cubic Fluorite crystals, with very good luster and an intense and uniform honey-yellow color, with inclusions of Pyrite microcrystals and coatings of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 1018), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2015)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.2 × 2.3 cm = 3.58” × 2.83” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Dolomite, Baryte and Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Fluorite with Dolomite, Baryte and Pyrite
 

SV3230NRX: From the prolific Moscona Mine, a sharp Fluorite with very transparent crystals, with Dolomite embellishing the front, and Baryte covering the back.
From the collection of Miguel David Martínez, number 2001, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2001)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.5 × 3.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.95” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Dolomite, Baryte and Pyrite. Fluorite with Dolomite, Baryte and Pyrite.
Fluorite with Dolomite
Fluorite with Dolomite. Fluorite with Dolomite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MBX66AP3: Druse of very sharp transparent Fluorite crystals, very lustrous, with inclusions of sulphide microcrystals, with an intense yellow color and coatings of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. An old piece of high quality.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.86” × 2.68” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.55”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Calcite with Fluorite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MXL48AP7: Druse of transparent Fluorite crystals with good luster and an intense yellow color with zoning parallel to the edges, with groups of white Calcite crystals very rich in forms, dominated by scalenohedron faces.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2023)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 9 × 4.2 cm = 3.86” × 3.54” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.61” × 0.83”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite with Fluorite. Calcite with Fluorite.
Fluorite with Calcite and Baryte
Fluorite with Calcite and Baryte. Fluorite with Calcite and Baryte.
 

VR64G8: Group of cubic crystals with a very marked zonation all along the cube, partially covered by small crystals of Baryte and Calcite.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.2 × 7.7 cm = 4.02” × 2.83” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite, Dolomite and Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Fluorite with Calcite, Dolomite and Pyrite
 

SV3280NXP: The Moscona Mine also yields good calcites with all sorts of sometimes very curious crystallizations, like this group, standing up on its matrix and with Fluorite at its base.
From the collection of Miguel David Martínez, number 832, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 11 × 6.4 × 5.4 cm = 4.33” × 2.52” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Calcite, Dolomite and Pyrite.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
 

NA86XD9: This one shows an association of Baryte and Fluorite. The Fluorite is a nice color, is brilliant and has some Dolomite decoration. While the Baryte is small and towards the side of the specimen, it has a nice color, is very aerial, and does not detract from the rest. In the lower part of the specimen there is a contact without crystallized Fluorite, but you do not really notice this as it is hidden by a hump of crystals.
This specimen was photographed and published in the magazine "Lapis" number 7-8 / 2013, page 58
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 12 × 8.5 × 8 cm = 4.72” × 3.35” × 3.15”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.75” × 0.43”

Fluorite with inclusions
 

NW47AK6: Druse of transparent Fluorite crystals, very bright, intense and uniform yellow color and with a central core that seems to be a first phase of Fluorite growth covered by an oxide or a sulfide.
The sample is from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 113), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 12.1 × 8.4 × 5.6 cm = 4.76” × 3.31” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with inclusions. Fluorite with inclusions.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte. Rear
Rear
Fluorite with Baryte.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MVD67AN4: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, partially covered by lamellar Baryte crystals. Very curious is the stalactitic "tower" formation, rare in fluorites from this mine, which usually appear as flattened druses.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 12.1 × 10.7 × 9 cm = 4.76” × 4.21” × 3.54”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXA69AP9: Druse of sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a very deep and uniform color, and with its faces selectively coated by tabular white Baryte crystals and microcrystals of Quartz.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2651), whose label we will send to the buyer. The color is the best possible for this deposit.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.88” × 3.35” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.67”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz. Side
Side
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
 

NA67AI0: Druse of crystals showing the simple cube form with an intense yellow color and slightly orange shades and geometric zoning on the edges. On matrix with white Baryte crystals. A Spanish classic of the first epoch at the Solís Mining Works and whose crystals are larger than usual from this mine.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1979)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 6.4 × 4.3 cm = 4.92” × 2.52” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NRB96AO1: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense honey-yellow color with a very evident geometric zoning outlined by oriented Pyrite inclusions, especially on the edges.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 8.7 × 2.6 cm = 5.00” × 3.43” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions. Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions.
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MXB68AP7: Druse of transparent Fluorite crystals with very bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, with traces of matrix on the back and traces of Calcite.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 2600), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.2 × 4 cm = 5.04” × 3.62” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TBR68AP9: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a deep and uniform yellow color, covered with architectural white lamellar crystals of Baryte and white rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2650), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 13.6 × 7.7 × 4.8 cm = 5.35” × 3.03” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite. Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite.
Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite.
Calcite (two generations) with Fluorite
Calcite (two generations) with Fluorite. Front
Front
Calcite (two generations) with Fluorite. Side
Side
Calcite (two generations) with Fluorite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TRX87AP5: Druse of transparent cubic Fluorite crystals, with good luster and a yellow color, on matrix, with coatings of scalenohedral Calcite crystals that have grown in two phases, the first one being very rich in Hematite inclusions, and the second in transparent white crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 895), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 13.5 × 7.9 × 5.7 cm = 5.31” × 3.11” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.59”

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Calcite
 

NA67V9: Druse of very bright cubic crystals of Fluorite. They have a very deep yellow color and are with small complex crystals of Calcite. The color is really good, more luminous and saturated than usual in the Fluorites from this locality.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 21 × 11 × 6 cm = 8.27” × 4.33” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Calcite.
Quartz with Fluorite
Quartz with Fluorite. Quartz with Fluorite.
 

EF13AD8: Individualized crystals, most of them doubly terminated. They are very bright and coat a druse of yellow cubes of Fluorite crystals. Very unusual, it is from a find last June 2016 at the classic Moscona mine.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (06/2016)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.8 × 2 cm = 2.56” × 2.28” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorite with Pyrite and Baryte
 

VB57G8: Small cubic crystals of Pyrite. They are beveled and very sharp and cover a group of yellow cubic crystals of Fluorite. Some Baryte groups add richness to the specimen.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.81” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Pyrite and Baryte.
Fluorite with Pyrite
Fluorite with Pyrite. Fluorite with Pyrite.
 

VM60G8: Very original. A group of cubic crystals of Fluorite absolutely covered by little beautifully iridescent crystals of Pyrite.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.95” × 2.28” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Dolomite, Sphalerite and Pyrite
 

VL61I7: Groups of Dolomite in white rhombohedral crystals with curved faces and edges, the so-called saddle-shaped form. They cover a group of cubic crystals of Fluorite with small crystals of Pyrite and Sphalerite, typical for the mine.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.3 × 7.1 × 5 cm = 3.27” × 2.80” × 1.97”

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Dolomite, Sphalerite and Pyrite. Fluorite with Dolomite, Sphalerite and Pyrite.

Blue Fluorite from the Moscona Mine

On the 24 December 1999, before its decline, the Moscona Mine, Solís, Asturias, produced, at the 50 meters level, an extremely unusual pocket of two generations of Fluorite. The second generation is bluish Fluorites on a first generation of yellow Fluorite fluorescent on long & short UV, and everything is associated with Calcite, lemon-yellow Baryte and Dolomite.

After all these years without any further similar material being found, we offer some specimens of that unusual Spanish find.

Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite
Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite. Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MRR37AP3: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, with good luster and a very deep violet color, very unusual in specimens from the Moscona mine. The Fluorite is associated with complex yellowish Calcite crystals dominated by the prism and terminal rhombohedron, and small yellow lamellar Baryte crystals.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (24/12/1999)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.44” × 2.24” × 1.10”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorite with Baryte
 

ND96AL9: Fluorite crystals on a Baryte matrix. The Fluorite crystals have polycrystalline growths and the peculiarity of showing two colors, rare in specimens from this deposit, pale violet but clearly yellow around the edges.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 399), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1979)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 7 × 3.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.76” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite.
 

NY48: Mostly blue Fluorite with just a few minor crystals of Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite. Excellent luster.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (24-12/99)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8 × 3.7 cm = 3.66” × 3.15” × 1.46”

First generation Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite
 

NP27: The most esthetic specimen with half of the specimen covered by very brilliant gemmy Calcite crystals and the other half showing nice bluish Fluorite, some yellow Baryte on the front and a lot on the back, with Dolomite as well.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (24-12/99)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7 × 3.9 cm = 4.02” × 2.76” × 1.54”

First generation Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite.
Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite
Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite. Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite.
 

N48ZS0: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite in which coincide two very different colors, violet and yellow, that correspond to two phases of crystallization. They are partially coated by complex crystals of Calcite, tabular crystals of yellow Baryte and Dolomite. Mined at 50m down.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (24/12/1999)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 8.8 × 8.7 cm = 5.00” × 3.46” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite
 

SM280NTK: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, lustrous and with a very deep violet color, very unusual in specimens from the Moscona mine. With complex white Calcite crystals, small yellow lamellar Baryte crystals and Dolomite crystals.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (24/12/1999)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.6 × 8.7 cm = 5.04” × 3.78” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71”

Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite.
Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite.
Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite
Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite. Fluorite with Calcite, Baryte and Dolomite.
 

N76DS0: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite in which coincide two very different colors, violet and yellow, that correspond to two phases of crystallization. They are bordered by a group of complex crystals of Calcite and tabular crystals of yellow Baryte. Mined at 50m down.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (24/12/1999)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 9.4 × 6.9 cm = 5.31” × 3.70” × 2.72”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

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