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Fluorite on Quartz from Huallapon Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Ancash Department, Peru

 
Fluorite on Quartz from Huallapon Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Ancash Department, Peru

Fluorite on Quartz from Huallapon Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Ancash Department, Peru

Fluorite on Quartz from Huallapon Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Ancash Department, Peru

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on Quartz from Huallapon Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Ancash Department, Peru

DESCRIPTION:No. 55690
Mineral:Fluorite on Quartz
Locality:Huallapon Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Ancash Department, Peru
Description:Complex transparent blue-green fluorite crystals to 30 mm on colorless quartz with transparent crystals to 18 mm. The fluorite crystals are cubo-octahedral form with surfaces composed of smaller, parallel octahedral crystal faces with waxy luster.
Overall Size:8.5x5x4 cm
Crystals:1-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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