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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. 54429
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent cubic fluorite crystals covering one face of matrix. The fluorite crystals are yellow-green with thin deeper green outer zone that exaggerates the crystal edges. The fluorite fluoresces violet under UV illumination. Collected by John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson in July 2011
Overall Size:5.5x5.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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