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Fluorite interpenetrant-twinned crystals with Aragonite from Diana Maria Mine, Queen of Green Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 77266
Mineral:	Fluorite interpenetrant-twinned crystals with Aragonite
Locality:	Diana Maria Mine, Queen of Green Pocket, Frosterley, County Durham, England
Description:	Lustrous transparent deep-green fluorite crystals to 9 mm surrounded by contrasting translucent white aragonite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 6 mm diameter. The fluorite crystals are interpenetrant-twinned and fluoresce violet under UV. Collected in 2018
Overall Size:	8x5x4 cm
Crystals:	2-9 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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