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Fluorite from Beldon Mine, Blanchland, Northumberland, England

 
Fluorite from Beldon Mine, Blanchland, Northumberland, England

Fluorite from Beldon Mine, Blanchland, Northumberland, England

Fluorite from Beldon Mine, Blanchland, Northumberland, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Beldon Mine, Blanchland, Northumberland, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 63888
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Beldon Mine, Blanchland, Northumberland, England
Description:Transparent-to-translucent blue-gray cubic fluorite crystals over an earlier layer of green-gray fluorite. The fluorite crystals have a waxy surface luster and they fluoresces moderately under SW UV illumination. Site of early Boulton and Watt steam-powered beam engine pump in 1805.
Overall Size:5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:3-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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