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Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

 
Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Chalcopyrite on Fluorite from Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 74751
Mineral:Chalcopyrite on Fluorite
Locality:Seata Mine, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England
Description:Triangular yellow-metallic chalcopyrite crystals to 1 mm, with dark oxidation coating, on lustrous transparent bi-colored cubic fluorite crystals to 15 mm. The fluorite crystals are internally zoned with thin purple outer zone and pale-yellow cores. Collected in 2015. Fluoresces red-pink-violet under 365 nm LW UV illumination
Overall Size:11x6x4.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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