| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Fluorite on Quartz pseudomorphs after Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 64336 |
| Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz pseudomorphs after Calcite |
| Locality: | La Fluorita Dulcita, near Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona |
| Description: | Translucent pale-purple octahedral fluorite crystals to 3 mm on white quartz pseudomorphs after scalenohedral calcite crystals to 40 mm. The calcite formed first, was overgrown with white quartz, the calcite dissolved, then the fluorite formed. Collected by Jack Crawford |
| Overall Size: | 9x7x5.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 15-40 mm pseudos |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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