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Fluorite over Quartz from Homestake Mine, Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona

 
Fluorite over Quartz from Homestake Mine, Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona

Fluorite over Quartz from Homestake Mine, Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona

Fluorite over Quartz from Homestake Mine, Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona

Fluorite over Quartz from Homestake Mine, Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite over Quartz from Homestake Mine, Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 72775
Mineral:Fluorite over Quartz
Locality:Homestake Mine, Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous transparent green fluorite crystals over colorless quartz core with minor limonite staining on the bottom. The fluorite crystals are octahedral form with textured surfaces composed of smaller parallel octahedral crystal faces. Collected by John Mediz ca. 1990. Fluoresces violet under 365 nm LW UV illumination
Overall Size:6x4x4 cm
Crystals:7-22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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