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

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

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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite (interpenetrant-twinned crystals) on Quartz from Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale District, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 61952
Mineral:Fluorite (interpenetrant-twinned crystals) on Quartz
Locality:Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale District, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent green cubic fluorite crystals to 17 mm on matrix coated with small brown quartz microcrystals. The fluorite crystals exhibit interpenetrant twinning and fluoresce violet under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:5.5x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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