'Purple Rain' Weardale fluorite Caribbean Calcite These arches are made by

These arches are made by drilling a hole through a chunk of sandstone and sandblasting the material into a smoothed arch

Erongo smoky grows sculptural angular points with nice striations like this trio of crystals perched atop a base of black tourmaline (schorl) crystals

Hyalite can appear fluid with formations that look like the splash from a drip frozen in place

This flat "ear" of a specimen has a small opening and shallow cavity

This small specimen has a nice very light pink coloration and good translucency

'Purple Rain' Weardale fluorite Caribbean Calcite These arches are made byLocality: Purple Rain Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England Approx size: 2. 5 x 2. 25 x 1" Approx weight: 168g Sunlight will fade the color in fluorite. Keep sun exposure brief; do not display in a sun exposed location (even if it looks cool!) Weardale is among the most renowned sources for fluorite among collectors, producing gemmy cubic crystals with Jolly Rancher colors and strong UV reactivity. This specimen comes via UK