RHODOCHROSITE & FLUORITE ON QUARTZ

This lovely, artistic, cabinet-sized piece consists of flattened rhombs of pastel-pink rhodochrosite, flanked by glassy cubes of purple fluorite, all strewn atop a blanket of clear quartz points. It's a pleasure to see all of these constituent minerals together, and this makes for an excellent representation of this classic Wutong paragenesis. Many of the rhodochrosite crystals have a light dusting of pyrite along their edges that adds a light glitter under lighting. The fluorite's gemminess allows the viewer to see the rhodochrosite and quartz upon which they grew right through it, and they're also UV reactive, fluorescing a deep blue.