9-1/2" Fluorite Cluster, China c5a25c3ac3663ecc5711d3209b8eae73 also known as Solnhofen Plattenkalk

also known as Solnhofen Plattenkalk

meaning it most likely ate low-lying bushes and shrubs

Oregon in 1967 (just 3 years before our shop opened)

the area was sub-tropical and many different species flourished

9-1/2" Fluorite Cluster, China c5a25c3ac3663ecc5711d3209b8eae73 also known as Solnhofen PlattenkalkFluorite forms in a variety of colors and is transparent to translucent in clarity. The chemical composition of Fluorite is CaF2, (calcium & fluorine.) The variation in colors are due to trace amounts of other elements replacing the calcium during the crystalline formation. Fluorite is used in a variety of industrial purposes and the overwhelming percentage of Fluorite in the United States was mined in Illinois and Kentucky. Illinois became the