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Fluorite and Calcite from Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China

 
Fluorite and Calcite from Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China

Fluorite and Calcite from Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China

Fluorite and Calcite from Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China

Fluorite and Calcite from Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite and Calcite from Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 54517
Mineral:Fluorite and Calcite
Locality:Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China
Description:Lustrous cubo-octahedral transparent purple fluorite crystals to 22 mm with translucent pale-yellow scalenohedral calcite crystals to 32 mm. The fluorite crystals have glassy cubic faces with stepped octahedral faces composed of parallel cubic faces.
Overall Size:5.5x5x3 cm
Crystals:2-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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