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Fluorite with Calcite from Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

 
Fluorite with Calcite from Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

Fluorite with Calcite from Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

Fluorite with Calcite from Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Calcite from Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

DESCRIPTION:No. 44738
Mineral:Fluorite with Calcite
Locality:Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio
Description:Showy cluster of lustrous brown translucent fluorite crystals to 15 mm across with small 1-2 mm colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals in the recesses between the fluorite crystals. Early generations of the fluorite fluoresce under UV illumination. Ex. Chas. W. Velte Jr. (1914-1987) collection #744
Overall Size:8x6x5 cm
Crystals:1-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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