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Fluorite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

 
Fluorite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

DESCRIPTION:No. 41560
Mineral:Fluorite on Calcite
Locality:Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Description:Translucent brown cubic fluorite crystal with clean crystal faces on a cluster of translucent colorless calcite crystals. The fluorite fluoresces bright creme-white under UV illumination. One corner has a whitish color and is incomplete (a contact?).
Overall Size:26x16x10 mm
Crystals:8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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