GREEN FLUORITE CRYSTALS - Heights Mine, Weardale, County Durham
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Green cubic crystals of fluorite
Heights Mine, Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham
Green cubic crystals of fluorite on metamorphosed limestone. The crystals are 5 to 8 mm across. A lovely example of green fluorite crystals from a classic British mineral locality.
Collected in 1978. The base of the specimen has been cut flat so that it sits well for display.
Weardale fluorite is highly fluorescent, turning a bright bluish-white under long wave ultraviolet light.
Size: 14 x 6.5 x 3 centimetres
Weight: 429 grams
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