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Fluorite with internal phantom-growth from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

 
Fluorite with internal phantom-growth from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Fluorite with internal phantom-growth from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Fluorite with internal phantom-growth from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with internal phantom-growth from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 60483
Mineral:Fluorite with internal phantom-growth
Locality:Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China
Description:Lustrous transparent blue cubic fluorite crystal with purple phantom-growth zone in the center where the blue fluorite grew over a purple fluorite crystal. The boundary between the two zones has platy muscovite crystal inclusions.
Overall Size:4x3x2 cm
Crystals:4-28 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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