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Fluorite on Albite-Microcline and Muscovite with Hyalite Opal from Erongo Mountains, 20 km north of Usakos, Damaraland, Namibia

 
Fluorite on Albite-Microcline and Muscovite with Hyalite Opal from Erongo Mountains, 20 km north of Usakos, Damaraland, Namibia

Fluorite on Albite-Microcline and Muscovite with Hyalite Opal from Erongo Mountains, 20 km north of Usakos, Damaraland, Namibia

Fluorite on Albite-Microcline and Muscovite with Hyalite Opal from Erongo Mountains, 20 km north of Usakos, Damaraland, Namibia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on Albite-Microcline and Muscovite with Hyalite Opal from Erongo Mountains, 20 km north of Usakos, Damaraland, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 69482
Mineral:Fluorite on Albite-Microcline and Muscovite with Hyalite Opal
Locality:Erongo Mountains, 20 km north of Usakos, Damaraland, Namibia
Description:Lustrous transparent green cubic 11 mm fluorite crystal on white albite-microcline feldspar with minor muscovite. One area has colorless hyalite opal that fluoresces bright green under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:3.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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