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Fluorite on fossilized Coral from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

 
Fluorite on fossilized Coral from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Fluorite on fossilized Coral from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Fluorite on fossilized Coral from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Fluorite on fossilized Coral from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on fossilized Coral from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on fossilized Coral from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

DESCRIPTION:No. 76958
Mineral:Fluorite on fossilized Coral
Locality:Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Description:Lustrous transparent cubic yellow-brown fluorite crystals on white fossilzed coral. The fluorite crystals are scattered on all sides of the coral, and they fluoresce bright white under longwave and shortwave ultraviolet illumination. Collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:27x21x20 mm
Crystals:1-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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