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Fluorite, Quartz, Galena from Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite, Quartz, Galena from Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite, Quartz, Galena from Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 16582
Mineral:Fluorite, Quartz, Galena
Locality:Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Large cubic purple fluorite crystals up to 4 cm with scattered white quartz crystals up to 3 mm overgrown on selected faces of the fluorite. Minor cubic galena crystals on one end. The fluorite fluoresces violet under UV illumination. Ex. Earle C. Sullivan (1906-2005), author of History and Minerals of Old Mine Park, Trumbull, Ct.
Overall Size:8x6x4 cm
Crystals:2-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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