DESCRIPTION: | No. 72633
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Mineral: | Fluorite (interpenetrant-twinned crystals) with Quartz
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Locality: | Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale District, County Durham, England |
Description: | Lustrous transparent pale-purple fluorite crystals to 13 mm with scattered colorless quartz crystals to 1 mm on the surfaces. The fluorite crystals are cubic form, interpenetrant-twinned, and fluoresce violet under SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1950 |
Overall Size: | 9.5x6.5x5.5 cm |
Crystals: | 0.5-13.0 mm |
Status: | Sold - Posted here for reference only |
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