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Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

 
Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 65653
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous vivid-green transparent fluorite crystals on brown fine-grained matrix. The fluorite crystals are complex form of octahedral crystals, with surfaces composed of microscopic parallel faces, and rounded rhombic fluorite crystals on the corners. Ex. D. Miller collection #M517
Overall Size:4x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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