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Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite over Quartz from Mina Collada, Asturias, Spain

 
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite over Quartz from Mina Collada, Asturias, Spain

Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite over Quartz from Mina Collada, Asturias, Spain

Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite over Quartz from Mina Collada, Asturias, Spain

Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite over Quartz from Mina Collada, Asturias, Spain

Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite over Quartz from Mina Collada, Asturias, Spain

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite over Quartz from Mina Collada, Asturias, Spain

DESCRIPTION:No. 64936
Mineral:Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite over Quartz
Locality:Mina Collada, Asturias, Spain
Description:Translucent-to-transparent pale-green cubic fluorite crystals to 18 mm on milky quartz crystals to 9 mm with overgrowth of yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 0.8 mm and transparent colorless calcite crystals to 0.5 mm. The fluorite fluoresces under UV.
Overall Size:6.5x5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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