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Calcite on Fluorite from Jingbian, Zongyang, Anqing, Anhui, China

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Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 75926
Mineral:	Calcite on Fluorite
Locality:	Jingbian, Zongyang, Anqing, Anhui, China
Description:	Lustrous translucent white calcite crystals to 22 mm over transparent purple fluorite crystals to 18 mm. Both the fluorite crystals and the calcite crystals have surfaces composed of smaller parallel crystal faces. Two calcite crystals are incomplete. Fluoresces orange under shortwave UV illumination; fluoresces under longwave and shortwave UV illumination
Overall Size:	12x10x5 cm
Crystals:	1-20 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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