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Fluorite (interpenetrant-twinned crystals) plus Galena from Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale District, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 61119
Mineral:	Fluorite (interpenetrant-twinned crystals) plus Galena
Locality:	Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale District, County Durham, England
Description:	Large cluster of lustrous interpenetrant-twinned transparent green cubic fluorite crystals to 11 mm with rounded gray-metallic cubo-octahedral galena crystals to 18 mm. The fluorite crystals fluoresce bright violet under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:	11x8x3 cm
Crystals:	3-18 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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