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Fluorite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz from American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado

 
Fluorite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz from American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 10235
Mineral:Fluorite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz
Locality:American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado
Description:Translucent blue-green fluorite in cubic crystals to 1 cm on quartz matrix with pink rhodochrosite crystals to 2 mm. Fluorite fluoresces blue-purple under UV illumination. Ex. L. Zara collection (editor, Mineral Digest)
Overall Size:7x4x4 cm
Crystals:2-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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