Fluorite with Calcite from Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, England
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 48817
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Calcite
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| Locality: | Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, England |
| Description: | Large cluster of cubic transparent-to-translucent purple fluorite crystals to 62 mm with select faces overgrown with translucent colorless calcite crystals to 5 mm. The fluorite fluoresces bright violet under UV illumination. Three corners are cleaved. |
| Overall Size: | 13x11x7 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-62 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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