Calcite with Quartz, Fluorite
specimen number:
1603165
location:
Weardale, Co. Durham, England, UK
description:
Colorless slightly translucent rhombohedral crystal groupings of calcite to 1.6 cm in size across the top of a crystallized quartz matrix with fluorite. Galena is present as well on the bottom of the specimen. The calcite crystals are fluorescent bright red under longwave ultraviolet light.
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