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Fluorite with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Gutterby Pit, Bottom Crosscut, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England

 
Fluorite with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Gutterby Pit, Bottom Crosscut, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England

Fluorite with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Gutterby Pit, Bottom Crosscut, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England

Fluorite with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Gutterby Pit, Bottom Crosscut, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England

Fluorite with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Gutterby Pit, Bottom Crosscut, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England

Fluorite with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Gutterby Pit, Bottom Crosscut, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 69021
Mineral:Fluorite with Hematite phantom-growth zones
Locality:Gutterby Pit, Bottom Crosscut, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow cubic fluorite crystals on remnants of brown hematite matrix. The fluorite crystals have internal phantom-growth zones where hematite microcrystals coated the faces as the fluorite was growing and were trapped inside. Collected by John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson in 2008
Overall Size:5x4x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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