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Fluorite with Quartz, Rhodochrosite from American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado

 
Fluorite with Quartz, Rhodochrosite from American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 10101
Mineral:Fluorite with Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Locality:American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado
Description:Complex crystal cluster of translucent pale-green cubic fluorite perched on quartz casts after rhodochrosite with minor rhodochrosite micro crystals. Fluorite fluoresces pinkish-purple under UV illumination. Ex. L. Zara collection (editor, Mineral Digest)
Overall Size:4x4x3 cm
Crystals:7 mm
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