AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Fluorite on Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 64476 |
Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz |
Locality: | Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous transparent blue cubic fluorite crystals to 4 mm on translucent white quartz crystals to 1 mm with minor brown limonite staining in small areas. The fluorite crystals have thin purple phantom-growth zones internally. Ex. Lucile Squier (1905-2007) collection #1283 |
Overall Size: | 7x3.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-4 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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