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Fluorite with Calcite$2,500.00
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Blackdene mine, close to the village of Ireshopeburn in County Durham, is one of Weardale's most famous mines because of its world-class purple Fluorite specimens. The mine is known to have been worked during the 1400s and only stopped operating in 1987. This delightful small cabinet specimen consists of a matrix plate completely covered with lustrous and glassy, sharp cubic lilac-purple Fluorite crystals up to 2.5 cm on edge, but more typically averaging about 1 cm. Occasional milky-white Calcite crystals accompany the Fluorite. The Fluorite shows good daylight fluorescence; is bright blue-white with pale pink Calcite in LWUV and dull blue-white in SWUV. A great Fluorite from Blackdene mine.
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SizeCabinet
Dimensions9.2 x 11.1 x 4.5 cm
Locality
SKUCC13999
Listed on10/24/2024
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