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Fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Victoria Flatt, Weardale, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Victoria Flatt, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Victoria Flatt, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Victoria Flatt, Weardale, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Victoria Flatt, Weardale, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 54432
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Greenlaws Mine, Victoria Flatt, Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent purple-gray cubic fluorite crystals that fluoresce violet under SW UV illumination. The fluorite crystals have fine crystallization patterns in the center of the faces composed of many smaller cubic crystal faces. Collected May 2002
Overall Size:7x5x3 cm
Crystals:10-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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