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Description: | Mineral slab of Fluorite associated with Pyrite. Collected from Zinc Flat, Slitt Vein, Cambokeels Mine, Stanhope, Wear Valley, Co Durham (NE England). Collected by Joe Foster (miner), 1989.
White twinned cubic crystals of fluorite with pyrite. Most of the fluorite crystals found in Weardale are twinned, which means that one cubic crystal appears to be growing out of another. White fluorite from Weardale is unusual, most of the fluorite found in the area is purple. This specimen is from Cambokeels Mine.
The specimen was found in NE England. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Joe (miner) Foster Classification: Fluorite | Temporal: | Carboniferous period (362 - 290 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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