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Fluorite from Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

 
Fluorite from Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Fluorite from Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Fluorite from Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

DESCRIPTION:No. 82336
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Description:Cleavage of pale-pink fluorite with hollow tubes filled with brown laterite, caused by an earlier mineral that dissolved away. See article Famous Mineral Localities: The Alto Ligonha Pegmatites in Mineralogical Record, volume 31, no. 6, 459-497. Fluoresces LW=violet SW=pink UV illumination. Ex. Miller collection T1398
Overall Size:17x16x10 mm
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Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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