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Fluorite from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 54422
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent green cubic fluorite crystals to 13 mm completely covering brown matrix. Some of the fluorite crystals have complex crystallization patterns on the faces. The fluorite crystals fluoresce violet under UV illumination. Collected in July 2011 by John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson
Overall Size:4.5x4.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:4-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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