{"product_id":"purple-fluorite-specimen-on-drusy-matrix-6-inches-yindu-mine-inner-mongolia-china-cabinet-size-collector-piece-with-display-stand","title":"Purple Fluorite Specimen on Drusy Matrix 6 Inches — Yindu Mine Inner Mongolia China, Cabinet Size Collector Piece with Display Stand","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost crystals arrive with a story you have to take on faith. This one arrives with an address.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt came out of the Yindu Mine in Inner Mongolia, China, a silver and lead deposit that mineral collectors know by name, and it is labeled that way on its own stand. That matters more than it sounds. Almost everything in the crystal trade travels through so many hands that where it came from is lost by the time it reaches a shelf. This piece did not lose it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you are looking at is several minerals growing on each other at once. Cubes of fluorite in soft lavender and deeper violet sit across the face, some sharp enough to count their edges, some frosted where a later mineral grew over them. Winding between them is a cream and apricot crust, a knobbly botryoidal carbonate that looks like coral and gives the whole piece its texture. Scattered through both are dark metallic crystals, the sulfide minerals this deposit is known for, catching the light in small hard glints against all that soft color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurn it and the character changes completely. The face is busy and colorful. The back is pale stone, quiet and rough, the rock it grew inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stands 6 inches tall on the stand shown, which is included, and it can be displayed upright or laid down on its side depending on the shelf you have. At 1 lb 11.2 oz it has real presence. This is a cabinet piece, the size a collector means when they say cabinet, not a tumbled stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHAT THIS STONE IS FOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFluorite is the study stone. If crystals have a reputation for anything specific, fluorite's is mental order: cutting through fog, sorting a cluttered mind, holding a thought long enough to finish it. People keep it on desks, near books, beside the pile of things they have been avoiding. It is spoken of as the stone that makes the mess make sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe purple end of fluorite gets read a little differently from the green or the blue. Violet fluorite is associated with the third eye, with intuition rather than logic, and with quieting the kind of mental noise that comes from too much input rather than too little. It is the fluorite people reach for at the end of the day rather than the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA specimen like this is read differently from a polished piece. Nothing here was shaped by a person. Every crystal face grew the way it grew, in the dark, over a very long time, and collectors and crystal people alike tend to read a natural growth as carrying something a carved shape does not. There is also the simple fact of the association: several minerals that formed together in the same space, which gets read as a stone about things coexisting rather than competing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there is what it actually does in a room, which is start conversations. Nobody walks past this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE EXACT PIECE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe specimen photographed here is the one you will receive, and it comes with the clear display stand shown, engraved with the locality. Every specimen from this find is different, and no two carry the same arrangement of fluorite, crust and matrix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSPECIFICATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSize: 6 inches by 3.5 inches\nWeight: 1 lb 11.2 oz (771 g)\nStone: Fluorite with carbonate drusy and associated sulfide minerals\nLocality: Yindu Mine, Inner Mongolia, China\nForm: Natural specimen, nothing cut, shaped or polished\nStand: Clear display stand with engraved locality, included\nDisplay: Upright or on its side\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA NOTE ON NATURAL STONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFluorite is soft, softer than glass, and it parts cleanly along its own internal planes, so this is a piece to set down carefully rather than pass around. Keep it dry and out of direct sun: water can dull the carbonate crust and long sun exposure can fade fluorite's color. Dust it with a dry soft brush rather than a cloth, because the drusy will catch threads. Wash your hands after handling any raw mineral specimen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will find crystals with chipped or incomplete edges, hollows where something has weathered out, and areas where one mineral has grown straight over another and hidden it. The back is rough and unfinished. None of that is damage. It is what a rock looks like when it is left exactly as it came out of the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause natural minerals are delicate and can be damaged by the stress of shipping, we are unable to accept returns. If your item arrives damaged, please contact us within 48 hours with photos and we will make it right.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gems \u0026 Stems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44158054891598,"sku":"FL-SPM-01","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/5666\/5166\/files\/00-lifestyle_ec0b0669-525d-42c0-9935-bc1bbd0a2afc.jpg?v=1786560709","url":"https:\/\/shopgemsandstems.com\/products\/purple-fluorite-specimen-on-drusy-matrix-6-inches-yindu-mine-inner-mongolia-china-cabinet-size-collector-piece-with-display-stand","provider":"Gems \u0026 Stems","version":"1.0","type":"link"}