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Fluorite with Amethystine Quartz overgrowth from Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado

 
Fluorite with Amethystine Quartz overgrowth from Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado

Fluorite with Amethystine Quartz overgrowth from Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado

Fluorite with Amethystine Quartz overgrowth from Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado

Fluorite with Amethystine Quartz overgrowth from Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Amethystine Quartz overgrowth from Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 82755
Mineral:Fluorite with Amethystine Quartz overgrowth
Locality:Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado
Description:Double-sided vein formation to 9 mm thick of translucent green fluorite crystals with overgrowth on one face of lustrous transparent pale-pink (amethystine) quartz crystals to 1 mm. The fluorite crystals fluoresce violet under SW UV illumination. Ex. Miller collection T2510; collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:29x19x9 mm
Crystals:micro to 4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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