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Fluorite from Caldwell Stone Quarry, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky

 
Fluorite from Caldwell Stone Quarry, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky

Fluorite from Caldwell Stone Quarry, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Caldwell Stone Quarry, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky

DESCRIPTION:No. 54801
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Caldwell Stone Quarry, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky
Description:Transparent cubic fluorite crystals up to 5 mm across over brown matrix. The fluorite crystals are colorless with a thin purple outer layer. For more information see: The Minerals of Kentucky in Rocks and Minerals May-June 1981, pg. 110.
Overall Size:4.5x2.5x1.5 cm
Crystals:3-5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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