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Fluorite from Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing, 32 km north of Linwu, Hunan Province, China

 
Fluorite from Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing, 32 km north of Linwu, Hunan Province, China

Fluorite from Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing, 32 km north of Linwu, Hunan Province, China

Fluorite from Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing, 32 km north of Linwu, Hunan Province, China

Fluorite from Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing, 32 km north of Linwu, Hunan Province, China

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing, 32 km north of Linwu, Hunan Province, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 80821
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing, 32 km north of Linwu, Hunan Province, China
Description:Highly transparent green fluorite crystals with no matrix. The fluorite crystals are cubic form, with lustrous cubic faces and textured dodecahedral edge faces composed of smaller parallel crystal faces. You can easily look straight through the fluorite. The fluorite fluoresces violet under LW UV illumination. Ex. Miller #M1637
Overall Size:13x8x6 cm
Crystals:20-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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