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Fluorite with Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite with Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 56288
Mineral:Fluorite with Calcite
Locality:Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent purple cubic fluorite crystals to 34 mm with lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 5 mm on some faces. The fluorite fluoresces bright violet under UV illumination, typical of fluorite crystals from Weardale. Ex. E. Carmichael collection
Overall Size:8x4.5x4 cm
Crystals:2-34 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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