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"Alien Eye" fluorite
Mar 17th, 2018 at 2:28pm
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Came across this article and photo by chance -- an amazing fluorite variant from Namibia called the Eyes of Africa, now in a Dallas museum. Website:
https://www.perotmuseum.org/about-the-perot/newsroom/news-releases/2017/07/eyes-...
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Re: "Alien Eye" fluorite
Reply #1 - Mar 17th, 2018 at 7:08pm
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Pretty fantastic, Victor. Thanks for the link!
  
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Reply #2 - Mar 19th, 2018 at 7:49am
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If I found that specimen I might have to give up on rockhounding knowing I'd never find anything near as good.  Shocked
  
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Reply #3 - Apr 11th, 2022 at 10:08am
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The original link no longer works, so here is a downloaded image.
  
eyesofafrica_elliotfinemineralsinternational.jpg ( 193 KB | 26 Downloads )
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