Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 70247
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Galena on Quartz
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| Locality: | Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent green cubic fluorite crystals to 12 mm with dark-gray metallic octahedral galena crystals to 11 mm over colorless quartz crystals to 1 mm on gray-brown matrix. The fluorite crystals fluoresce violet under SW UV illumination. |
| Overall Size: | 12x6x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-12 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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