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Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Galena on Quartz from Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 70247
Mineral:Fluorite with Galena on Quartz
Locality:Rogerley Mine, West Crosscut Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent green cubic fluorite crystals to 12 mm with dark-gray metallic octahedral galena crystals to 11 mm over colorless quartz crystals to 1 mm on gray-brown matrix. The fluorite crystals fluoresce violet under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:12x6x5 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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