Fluorite

📍Hesselbach Mine, Oberkirch, Ortenau District, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Dimensions: 42 × 33 × 21 mm

This is a beautiful blue fluorite crystal from the classic, now-closed locality of the Hesselbach Mine in Germany’s Black Forest. The crystal exhibits a captivating blue hue as its main tone, with subtle yellow and purple color zoning along the edges — a typical feature of specimens from this locality, reflecting the complex hydrothermal conditions during its formation. The Hesselbach Mine was only briefly active in the mid-20th century and closed in 1959. Today, access to the site is restricted, making specimens from this locality exceptionally rare.