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Fluorite from White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

 
Fluorite from White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

Fluorite from White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

Fluorite from White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

Fluorite from White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio

DESCRIPTION:No. 76369
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio
Description:Cavity in gray limestone lined with lustrous transparent fluorite crystals. Most of the fluorite crystals are colorless but several have brown phantom-growth zones. The fluorite crystal fluoresces bright crème-white under SW and LW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:13x12x7 cm
Crystals:2-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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