AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Fluorite on Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 59659 |
Mineral: | Fluorite on Sphalerite |
Locality: | Naica District, Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous pale-green transparent fluorite crystals to 13 mm on lustrous Spinel-law twinned black sphalerite crystals to 7 mm. The fluorite crystals are dominated by cubic faces with stepped edges composed of smaller parallel cubic faces. |
Overall Size: | 10x6.5x5.5 cm |
Crystals: | 2-13 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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