DESCRIPTION: | No. 78659
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Mineral: | Fluorite with Siderite and Calcite
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Locality: | Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, County Durham, England |
Description: | Lustrous transparent purplish-gray cubic fluorite crystals to 35 mm with overgrowth on select faces of translucent dark-brown siderite crystals to 1 mm and late-growth transparent colorless calcite crystals to 2 mm. The fluorite fluoresces violet under LW-SW UV illumination. Ex. Lance T. Hampel collection #LTH592; donated to the A. E. Seaman Museum |
Overall Size: | 9x6.5x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-35 mm |
Status: | Sold - Posted here for reference only |
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