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Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz from Weardale, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz from Weardale, County Durham, England

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 60011
Mineral:Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz
Locality:Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Translucent purple-gray cubic fluorite crystals to 30 mm overgrown with lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 10 mm and flattened rhombohedral translucent gray calcite crystals to 20 mm. The fluorite fluoresces violet under SW UV.
Overall Size:9.5x5.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:1-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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