| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Fluorite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 56039 |
| Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Pine Canyon Deposit, Burro Mountains District, Grant County, New Mexico |
| Description: | Octahedral deep-purple translucent fluorite crystals with textured crystal faces on white milky quartz matrix. The fluorite crystals were originally embedded in the quartz which was dissolved to expose the fluorite. |
| Overall Size: | 2.5x2.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-5 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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