FLUORITE, South Shore Sand & Gravel Quarry, near Chester, Nova Scotia

Slabs of yellowish granite coated with innumerable small deep purple (almost black) fluorite crystals averaging about 3-4mm across. Not just any old fluorite xls, though, these are really cool: the bulk of the xls are overgrown by a second generation of fluorite and rounded, but each has some smaller first gen xls that are sharp, clear, phantomed cubes modified by the hexoctahedron - each corner has six tiny modifying faces! And the phantoms aren't just cubes in a cube, theyre hexoctahedrons within a modified cube! Not really pretty stuff with the naked eye, but awesome under the scope!

above left and right, 70x60x15mm, $8

Larger and smaller pieces are available, loose to solid xl druses:

50-60mm specimens, $5

Cabinet specimens, 90mm and up, $10 each