Fluorite with Dolomite

specimen number:
9507158

location:
Ke Ping, Akesu, Xinjiang, China

description:
Beautiful combination specimen with lustrous gem purple cubic crystals of fluorite in a cluster measuring 3.5 cm across set perfectly up on a matrix of snow white crystallized dolomite. In very good condition with slight micro-chipping along one edge of a crystal on the back side of the specimen. The aesthetics in color contrast are wonderful.

The Ke Ping region (Keping County) in Aksu, Xinjiang, China, is situated along the northwestern margin of the Tarim Basin and features a geological history spanning extensive Paleozoic sedimentary evolution. The area is structurally characterized by the Kepingtage tectonic uplift, exposing a well-preserved stratigraphic sequence of marine carbonates, clastic rocks, and prominent red-bed formations shaped by prolonged tectonic compression, faulting, and surface wind erosion. Recent finds here have produced wonderful specimens of fluorite with dolomite.

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