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Fluorite on Quartz from William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

 
Fluorite on Quartz from William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Fluorite on Quartz from William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on Quartz from William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 59520
Mineral:Fluorite on Quartz
Locality:William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Description:Superb cluster of octahedral transparent fluorite crystals (complete crystals — not cleavages) with vivid green color, over an earlier generation of quartz crystals. The fluorite crystals have etched surfaces and they fluoresce under SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:12x8x4 cm
Crystals:5-38 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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