Barite epimorphs after Laumontite with Fluorite from Buck Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado
Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 81516
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| Mineral: | Barite epimorphs after Laumontite with Fluorite
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| Locality: | Buck Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent purple cubic fluorite crystals to 3 mm on translucent pale-yellow barite epimorphs (encrustations) after prismatic laumontite crystals to 30 mm. Several open ends of the epimorphs show the rhombic hollow tubes after the laumontite. Ex. Miller #M3055; this find was featured on The Prospectors television show. |
| Overall Size: | 45x22x21 mm |
| Crystals: | 8-30 mm pseudos |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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