AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Portugal > Fluorite with Pyrite and Siderite over Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 77269 |
Mineral: | Fluorite with Pyrite and Siderite over Quartz |
Locality: | Panasqueira Mine, Barroca Grande, 21 km. west of Fundao, Castelo Branco, Portugal |
Description: | Lustrous transparent blue-purple cubic fluorite crystals to 5 mm with sparkling yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals on green siderite microcrystalline coating over gray quartz. The fluorite crystals have internal phantom-growth zones of deeper color. Collected ca. 2015 |
Overall Size: | 6.5x6.5x6 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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