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Fluorite on Sphalerite from Coalcleugh Flatts, Northumberland, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 63892
Mineral:	Fluorite on Sphalerite
Locality:	Coalcleugh Flatts, Northumberland, England
Description:	Lustrous transparent grayish-purple cubic fluorite crystals in a rounded formation that crystallized over a core of sphalerite. The fluorite crystals have cloud-like white inclusions in the center of the faces with transparent crystal corners.
Overall Size:	5x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:	5-14 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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