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Quartz over Fluorite over Quartz from Slope Mountain, Chatham, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Quartz over Fluorite over Quartz from Slope Mountain, Chatham, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz over Fluorite over Quartz from Slope Mountain, Chatham, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz over Fluorite over Quartz from Slope Mountain, Chatham, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz over Fluorite over Quartz from Slope Mountain, Chatham, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 71790
Mineral:Quartz over Fluorite over Quartz
Locality:Slope Mountain, Chatham, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Lustrous milky quartz crystals over a layer of translucent green fluorite that grew over an earlier generation of milky quartz crystals. The earlier quartz crystals and fluorite layer are easily visible. The fluorite fluoresces under SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:9.5x7x4 cm
Crystals:1-5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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