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Fluorite with internal color zoning from Peña Blanca Mine, San Pablo de Borbur, Vasquez-Yacopi Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 77890
Mineral:	Fluorite with internal color zoning
Locality:	Peña Blanca Mine, San Pablo de Borbur, Vasquez-Yacopi Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia
Description:	Lustrous transparent yellowish-gray cubic fluorite crystals with no matrix attached. The main fluorite crystal has triangular green zones in the corners. The surfaces of the fluorite crystals are composed of microscopic parallel crystal faces. Collected in 2018-2019. Fluoresces violet under LW-SW ultraviolet illumination
Overall Size:	4.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:	5-40 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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