Fluorite on Quartz after Calcite
specimen number:
3331665
location:
Black Knife mine, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
description:
Scalenohedral crystals of what were once calcite to 2.7 cm in length now replaced by crystalline quartz over the top of this matrix. Pale green frosty fluorite crystals to 0.5 cm in size are scattered throughout.
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