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Fluorite with minor Calcite from Huangshaping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

 
Fluorite with minor Calcite from Huangshaping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Fluorite with minor Calcite from Huangshaping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Fluorite with minor Calcite from Huangshaping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Fluorite with minor Calcite from Huangshaping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Fluorite with minor Calcite from Huangshaping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Fluorite with minor Calcite from Huangshaping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with minor Calcite from Huangshaping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 75934
Mineral:Fluorite with minor Calcite
Locality:Huangshaping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Description:Lustrous transparent green cubic fluorite crystals with remnants of brown calcite between the fluorite crystals. The fluorite crystals have internal phantom-growth zones in shapes varying from cubic to octahedral (sector-zoning). Fluoresces violet under longwave UV illumination
Overall Size:9x7x3 cm
Crystals:3-19 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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