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Fluorite with Quartz coating from La Cabaņa, Punta Arrobado, north of Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain

 
Fluorite with Quartz coating from La Cabaņa, Punta Arrobado, north of Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain

Fluorite with Quartz coating from La Cabaņa, Punta Arrobado, north of Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain

DESCRIPTION:No. 33172
Mineral:Fluorite with Quartz coating
Locality:La Cabaņa, Punta Arrobado, north of Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Description:Floater crystal (fully crystallized all around with no point of attachment) of transparent vivid-purple fluorite with surfaces composed of smaller, parallel crystal faces. One face has sugar-like coating of colorless quartz microcrystals. Collected ca. 1993-4
Overall Size:4x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:4 cm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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