Fluorite on Barite - La Viesca Mine, Asturias, Spain
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Fluorite on Barite
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Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.4 x 1.7cm
Location: La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada, Siero, Asturias, Spain
A very beautiful crystal, extremely bright with very shiny faces, the color with its ghostly zoning of a pretty purple is characteristic of the Collada deposit.
Dimensions without the acrylic base, which is supplied with the mineralogical specimen.
The mineral is not glued to the base (soft putty).
A collector's guide to La Viesca Mine, Spain: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 131 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.
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