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Fluorite on Muscovite from Chumar Bakhor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

 
Fluorite on Muscovite from Chumar Bakhor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Fluorite on Muscovite from Chumar Bakhor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Fluorite on Muscovite from Chumar Bakhor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Fluorite on Muscovite from Chumar Bakhor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite on Muscovite from Chumar Bakhor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 55135
Mineral:Fluorite on Muscovite
Locality:Chumar Bakhor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:Transparent colorless cubo-octahedral fluorite crystal 28 mm across on platy muscovite mica crystals to 15 mm. The fluorite crystal has satin surface texture and fluoresces violet under UV illumination. Ex. Dr. N. Luppescu, originally acquired in 2009 from D. Blauwet
Overall Size:6x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:5-28 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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