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Fluorite on Calcite from Old Mine Plaza, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut

 
Fluorite on Calcite from Old Mine Plaza, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Fluorite on Calcite from Old Mine Plaza, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Fluorite on Calcite from Old Mine Plaza, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on Calcite from Old Mine Plaza, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on Calcite from Old Mine Plaza, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 81580
Mineral:Fluorite on Calcite
Locality:Old Mine Plaza, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless-to-pale green octahedral fluorite crystals to 10 mm on small lustrous translucent white scalenohedral calcite crystals to 1 mm. Rare fluorite locality. Collected ca. 1996, The fluorite fluoresces violet under UV illumination
Overall Size:27x24x21 mm
Crystals:1-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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