• Option A, four different views showing the specimen, the one in the bottom right showing the specimen fluorescing under 365nm UV light in the dark. The piece has light peach-colored blades of barite loosely arranged in a swallowtail pattern. There are small cubes of light-yellow fluorite coating one edge of the specimen, and sprinkled between the barite blades. The fluorite fluoresces strong blue.
  • Several specimens of red and peachy-pink bladed barite with golden yellow cubic fluorite, spread on a dark background.
  • Labeled as 365nm UV light, an example specimen held in dim light and fluoresced, the cubic fluorite crystals glowing strong blue-pink.
  • Option B, a tapered form of orange-red barite, the blades arranged in parallel down the length, with a stack of blades along one edge. The piece has golden yellow fluorite in a cluster of cubes on one end, and sprinkled along the edge. The fluorite fluoresces a strong pink-blue hue.
  • Option C, a cluster of cubic fluorite crystals with saturated golden yellow color. There are two well-formed rosettes of orange-red barite blades on the cluster. The fluorite fluoresces a pink-blue hue.
  • Option D, a rectangular piece with pink-peach barite blades arranged in perpendicular groups, with small cubes of yellow fluorite in thick layers around the edges, and between the barite blades. The fluorite fluoresces strong blue.
  • Option E, a roughly rectangular piece of saturated peach-pink barite with clusters of blades arranged at haphazard angles. dozens of cubic yellow fluorite crystals ring the edges and form stripes between barite blades. The fluorite fluoresces a strong pink-blue.
  • Option F, a domed barite with blades stacked in parallel fanning across the surface, with a well-formed cluster of golden yellow fluorite cubes on one end, and wrapping around the edge. The barite appears as if it has a soft orange-bronze dusting coating it. The fluorite fluoresces a strong pink-blue.
  • Option G, a golden yellow piece of a large partial cubic fluorite crystal, with a wave-like formation of barite blades stacked around it. There is some red-pink color in the center of the fluorite. The fluorite fluoresces strong blue.
  • Option H, a rectangular cluster of cubic fluorite crystals, a bit milky with desaturated yellow color. There are two tapered dollops of orange-red barite blades on the cluster, with blades all oriented in parallel. Wide blades cover one edge. The fluorite fluoresces strong pink-blue.
  • Option I, a compact cluster of dense light peach-pink barite blades, with a cluster of small saturated yellow cubic fluorite crystals on one side, and thin bands of them crossing the piece. The fluorite fluoresces strong blue.
  • Option J, a flat plate of golden yellow cubic fluorite, with a rosette of orange-brown barite blades perched atop the edge. The fluorite crystals are well-formed, with fairly good size, luster, and clarity compared to most. The fluorite fluoresces strong pink-blue.
  • Option K, a wide rectangular plate of bladed barite, the blades arranged roughly parallel at slight angles. The barite is a light peachy pink, with medium-small cubes of yellow fluorite filling the spaces between blades and forming geometric lines across the surface that fluoresce a strong pink-blue.
  • Option L, a triangular cluster of thin parallel blades of barite, with deep orange-red color, and a smaller cluster arrange at cross-angle to it. There is a partially broken cluster of light yellow fluorite cubes along one side, which fluoresce strong pink-blue under 365nm UV light.
  • Labeled as small, four options. Option M in the top left is a partial cube of golden-yellow fluorite perched atop a fanning cluster of peach-red barite blades. Option N in the top right is a tapered oval of red-orange barite blades arranged in parallel, coming to a point on one end. Option O is a light peachy pink bladed barite with a fanning spray at the top, and small light yellow cubes of fluorite sprinkled between the blades. Option P has red-orange barite blades, with yellow cubes of fluorite atop
  • Options A through L on a measuring mat for scale. The specimens are all roughly the same size, around two to two and three quarter inches. Almost all are roughly rectangular, longer than they are wide. Options F and I are more compact and roundish.
  • Options M through P on a measuring mat for scale. Option M is the smallest, under an inch. Option N is a bit over an inch but compact and wide. Options O and P are closer to one and three quarters inches long and thin.
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Barite with yellow fluorite

Barite with yellow fluorite

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Locality: Northern Morocco

Approx size: 1.75-2.5"
SMALL  0.75–2"

Approx weight: 60-110g
SMALL  15–60g

 

This unusual combo features yellow cubic fluorite with bladed barite that ranges in color from light peachy pink to a deep red-orange. This variety is sometimes called "leaf barite" due to the thin leaf-like blades which are typically densely-packed in parallel groupings. For some reason when it accompanies fluorite, a common habit for the barite is to instead grow in a round tapered shape like a pointed snail shell—larger ones look like a landform out of an old episode of Star Trek.

There is yellow fluorite on all specimens (it's hiding on the back of option N!). The cubes are mostly well-formed with fair luster and ranging from light to deep golden yellow, some with the faintest of rosy pink hues to the surface.

UV Reactivity: Moroccan yellow fluorite tends to fluoresce well; these specimens glow strong blue-pink under 365nm UV light, as though the core is pink and the surface blue.

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