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Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite from Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

 
Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite from Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite from Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite from Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite from Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite from Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite from Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite from Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

DESCRIPTION:No. 71923
Mineral:Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite
Locality:Villabona District, Asturias, Spain
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 27 mm with surfaces composed of parallel crystal faces that reflect illumination simultaneously, plus small transparent yellow cubic fluorite crystals to 4 mm and scattered pyrite micros. Some areas fluoresces pink under 365 nm LW UV illumination
Overall Size:7.5x5.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 27 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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