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Fluorite from Hilton Mine, Middle Level cross cut to Wilson's Level, Scordale, Cumbria, England

 
Fluorite from Hilton Mine, Middle Level cross cut to Wilson's Level, Scordale, Cumbria, England

Fluorite from Hilton Mine, Middle Level cross cut to Wilson's Level, Scordale, Cumbria, England

Fluorite from Hilton Mine, Middle Level cross cut to Wilson's Level, Scordale, Cumbria, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Hilton Mine, Middle Level cross cut to Wilson's Level, Scordale, Cumbria, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 54446
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Hilton Mine, Middle Level cross cut to Wilson's Level, Scordale, Cumbria, England
Description:Transparent yellow cubic fluorite crystals on one face of a plate of gray limestone. The fluorite crystals fluoresce violet under SW UV illumination. The fluorite crystals have fine crystallization patterns composed of smaller cubic crystal faces. Collected in February 2007
Overall Size:8.5x7x3 cm
Crystals:4-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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