Quartz after Fluorite with Sphalerite, Pyrite, Ankerite
specimen number:
1654355
location:
Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England, UK
description:
Cubic crystals of what were once fluorite measuring to 1.8 cm on edge, these now replaced by sparkling colorless crystallized quartz and set on matrix with crystallized sphalerite, galena, ankerite, and pyrite. In good condition.
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