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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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 54427
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent green cubic fluorite crystals completely covering one face of matrix. The fluorite crystals fluoresce violet under SW UV illumination. Collected in July 2011 by John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson
Overall Size:7.5x6x4 cm
Crystals:5-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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