Fluorite from Firestone Level, Skears Mine, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 81526
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| Mineral: | Fluorite
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| Locality: | Firestone Level, Skears Mine, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England |
| Description: | Lustrous yellow-gray transparent cubic fluorite crystals to 11 mm with areas of transparent tan calcite crystals to 0.5 mm in crevices between the fluorite crystals. The fluorite crystals have yellow core zones with banded translucent gray outer zones. Collected ca. 1980. Fluoresces bright blue-violet under SW-LW UV illumination |
| Overall Size: | 12.5x6x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.1-11.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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