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Fluorite on Quartz from Caravia-Berbes District, Asturias, Spain

 
Fluorite on Quartz from Caravia-Berbes District, Asturias, Spain

Fluorite on Quartz from Caravia-Berbes District, Asturias, Spain

Fluorite on Quartz from Caravia-Berbes District, Asturias, Spain

Fluorite on Quartz from Caravia-Berbes District, Asturias, Spain

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on Quartz from Caravia-Berbes District, Asturias, Spain

DESCRIPTION:No. 58051
Mineral:Fluorite on Quartz
Locality:Caravia-Berbes District, Asturias, Spain
Description:Large plate of lustrous transparent purple cubic fluorite crystals to 23 mm over limonite-stained brown quartz crystals to 2 mm. The fluorite crystals have internal phantom-growth zones of deeper purple color in concentric layers.
Overall Size:16x10x6 cm
Crystals:1-23 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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