Fluorite with Sphalerite
specimen number:
1653392
location:
Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, England, UK
description: Glassy gem crystals of fluorite to 1.5 cm on edge across the front of a matrix covered with black crystallized sphalerite. The color contrast is exceptionally nice on this piece. Most all of the fluorite crystals exhibit penetration twinning. In very good condition and quite nice for this locality that closed in 1999.
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