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Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite from Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

 
Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite from Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite from Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite from Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite from Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite from Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite from Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite from Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite from Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 70544
Mineral:Quartz over Fluorite with Galena and Pyrite
Locality:Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent purple-gray (with whitish zones) cubic fluorite crystals to 42 mm with lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 3 mm, gray-metallic cubic galena crystals to 10 mm, plus yellow-metallic cubic pyrite crystals to 5 mm on rear. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:11x8x6 cm
Crystals:1-42 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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