| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Fluorite on Quartz with Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 54182 |
| Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz with Calcite |
| Locality: | Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico |
| Description: | Double-sided plate of cubic transparent blue fluorite crystals to 10 mm with brown calcite crystals to 2 mm on limonite-stained quartz crystals to 3 mm. This specimen was recently collected and was protected from exposure to sun and UV to prevent fading. Collected in January 2012 |
| Overall Size: | 6.5x5.5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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