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Fluorite with internal phantom-growth zones from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

 
Fluorite with internal phantom-growth zones from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Fluorite with internal phantom-growth zones from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Fluorite with internal phantom-growth zones from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Fluorite with internal phantom-growth zones from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Fluorite with internal phantom-growth zones from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Fluorite with internal phantom-growth zones from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 69233
Mineral:Fluorite with internal phantom-growth zones
Locality:Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China
Description:Interconnected lustrous transparent green cubic fluorite crystals with internal translucent white phantom-growth zones. The fluorite crystal on the end did not fully encapsulate the phantom inclusions and they are exposed in a rectangular recess. Ex. Georg Gebhard. For locality information see: Mineralogical Record v.42#6, Rocks and Minerals v.80#1
Overall Size:10x5x63 cm
Crystals:25-36 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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