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Fluorite and Quartz from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite and Quartz from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite and Quartz from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite and Quartz from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite and Quartz from West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 54424
Mineral:Fluorite and Quartz
Locality:West Pastures Mine, Allison's Pocket, Flatt Drift, Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Transparent cubic fluorite crystals to 16 mm with silky surface luster completely covering gray matrix, plus lustrous quartz crystals to 6 mm. The fluorite crystals have pink core zones with green outer zones, and fluoresce violet under UV illumination. Collected by John and Robert Lawson in July 2011
Overall Size:5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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