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Fluorite on Quartz from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

 
Fluorite on Quartz from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Fluorite on Quartz from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Fluorite on Quartz from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Fluorite on Quartz from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Fluorite on Quartz from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on Quartz from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 76648
Mineral:Fluorite on Quartz
Locality:Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Transparent green octahedral fluorite crystals on gray quartz microcrystals. The fluorite crystal surfaces are composed of smaller parallel crystals faces that give a textured appearance, and select faces are coated with colorless quartz microcrystals. Collected ca. 1993. Fluoresces violet under longwave UV illumination
Overall Size:4x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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