| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Fluorite and Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 46123 |
| Mineral: | Fluorite and Quartz |
| Locality: | Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico |
| Description: | Spherical crystals of transparent green fluorite to 32 mm across with surfaces composed of many smaller parallel crystal faces. The fluorite grew over milky quartz core and many areas have 1 mm crust of limonite-stained quartz crystals over the fluorite. |
| Overall Size: | 7x6x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-32 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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