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Fluorite with Galena from Rogerley Mine, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite with Galena from Rogerley Mine, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Galena from Rogerley Mine, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Galena from Rogerley Mine, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 48588
Mineral:Fluorite with Galena
Locality:Rogerley Mine, County Durham, England
Description:Elongated cluster of transparent-to-translucent green fluorite crystals to 17 mm across with dull gray-metallic cubo-octahedral galena crystals to 9 mm across. The fluorite crystals exhibit interpenetrant-twinning and fluoresce bright violet under UV.
Overall Size:13x6x5 cm
Crystals:3-17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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