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Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite from Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England

 
Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite from Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite from Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite from Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite from Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite from Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England

Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite from Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite from Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite from Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 81284
Mineral:Fluorite with Quartz and Aragonite
Locality:Rogerley Mine, Vein pocket, Weardale, County Durham, England
Description:Lustrous cubic fluorite crystals to 26 mm with light-colored quartz and aragonite coating on the matrix crystals. The fluorite crystals are transparent purple, with white cloudy inclusions in areas, and fluoresce under LW-SW UV illumination. Ex. C. Graeber
Overall Size:5x4x3.2 cm
Crystals:2-26 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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