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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with internal color zoning from Peña Blanca Mine, San Pablo de Borbur, Vasquez-Yacopi Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with internal color zoning from Peña Blanca Mine, San Pablo de Borbur, Vasquez-Yacopi Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia

DESCRIPTION:No. 77893
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 crystal with no matrix attached. The fluorite crystal has triangular green zones in two corners. The surfaces of the fluorite are composed of microscopic parallel crystal faces resulting in satin luster. Collected in 2018-2019. Fluoresces violet under LW-SW ultraviolet illumination
Overall Size:2.8x2.6x2.3 cm
Crystals:21 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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