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Fluorite with Quartz from West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England

 
Fluorite with Quartz from West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England

Fluorite with Quartz from West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England

Fluorite with Quartz from West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Quartz from West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 43213
Mineral:Fluorite with Quartz
Locality:West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England
Description:Many interpenetrant-twinned cubic green fluorite crystals with a few faces coated with microscopic colorless quartz crystals. The fluorite fluoresces violet under UV illumination. Ex. James Underhill
Overall Size:31x24x14 mm
Crystals:micro to 12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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