Fluoro-richterite (Fluororichterite) in Calcite from Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 76392
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Mineral: | Fluoro-richterite (Fluororichterite) in Calcite
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Locality: | Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada |
Description: | Large lustrous black fluoro-richterite crystals in white calcite. The fluoro-richterite crystals are doubly-terminated prisms with finely striated prism faces and complex terminations. The surrounding calcite fluoresces orange under SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1985 |
Overall Size: | 9x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 8-47 mm c |
Archived: | For reference only |
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