7idejin ((ANTOZONITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Wilberforce Radium Mine, Ontario, Canada, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature | |
Purple to black variety of Fluorite. Antozonite in Fluorite containing free fluorine as a result of radium bombardment. When broken there is the smell of ozone. The fluorine reacts with water vapor to form ozone and hydrogen fluoride. Old Scott Lewis hollywood label. ex Russell Jones collection. |