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Fluorite on Quartz var. Chalcedony from Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado

 
Fluorite on Quartz var. Chalcedony from Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado

Fluorite on Quartz var. Chalcedony from Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado

Fluorite on Quartz var. Chalcedony from Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado

Fluorite on Quartz var. Chalcedony from Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado

Fluorite on Quartz var. Chalcedony from Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado

Fluorite on Quartz var. Chalcedony from Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 54586
Mineral:Fluorite on Quartz var. Chalcedony
Locality:Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado
Description:Large cluster of lavender-colored fluorite crystals to 1 mm over translucent green-gray botryoidal chalcedony with unidentified columnar yellow mineral. Under 20x the fluorite exhibits compound cubic crystals with purple cores and colorless outer layers.
Overall Size:11x9x5.5 cm
Crystals:0.2-1.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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