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Fluorite over Galena from Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite over Galena from Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, County Durham, England

Fluorite over Galena from Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, County Durham, England

Fluorite over Galena from Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, County Durham, England

Fluorite over Galena from Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite over Galena from Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, County Durham, England

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite over Galena from Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 80480
Mineral:Fluorite over Galena
Locality:Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous transparent green cubic fluorite crystals to 16 mm completely covering an earlier generation of gray-metallic galena. The fluorite fluoresces bright violet under longwave and shortwave ultraviolet illumination. Ex. Miller #M3913
Overall Size:5.5x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:8-16 mm
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