AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from England > Fluorite (interpenetrant-twinned crystals) on Quartz

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 61949
Mineral:	Fluorite (interpenetrant-twinned crystals) on Quartz
Locality:	Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale District, County Durham, England
Description:	Lustrous transparent green cubic fluorite crystals to 14 mm on matrix coated with small colorless to brown quartz microcrystals. The fluorite crystals exhibit interpenetrant twinning and fluoresce violet under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:	6x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:	micro to 14 mm
Status:	Sold - Posted here for reference only
Buy similar:	Minerals from UK, Iceland, Greenland > Halide Minerals

Buy Fluorite (interpenetrant-twinned crystals) on Quartz at:

© AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals All Rights Reserved
The minerals illustrated on this site are presented for reference purposes only. The owner of this site did not collect the minerals and collectors should not assume access is permitted to the property based on inclusion in this museum. Please contact the property owner to obtain legal permission before entering private property. ;