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Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite from Weardale, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 61667
Mineral:Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite
Locality:Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent purple cubic fluorite crystals to 34 mm with scattered small yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 0.5 mm with translucent yellow calcite crystals to 1.5 mm. The fluorite crystals have cloudy internal zones and fluoresce under SW UV. Collected ca. 1960
Overall Size:8x5x4.5 cm
Crystals:0.3-34.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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