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2.8" Dolomite Crystals on Gemmy Yellow Fluorite - Moscona Mine, Spain
This is an alluring, 2.8" wide yellow fluorite crystal cluster that formed in association with pyrite and dolomite crystals, collected from the Moscona Mine in Asturias, Spain. The crystals are translucent, fluorescent, and display a beautiful deep yellow color. Under shortwave UV, these fluorite crystals fluoresce a faint white color. Some fluorite crystals from this locality will display gorgeous fluorescent phantoms within the cubic crystal, dependent on impurities present during formation.
About Fluorite
Fluorite is a halide mineral comprised of calcium and fluorine, CaF2. The word fluorite is from the Latin fluo-, which means "to flow". In 1852 fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon known as fluorescence, or the property of fluorite to glow a different color depending upon the bandwidth of the ultraviolet light it is exposed to. Fluorite occurs commonly in cubic, octahedral, and dodecahedral crystals in many different colors. These colors range from colorless and completely transparent to yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, or black. Purples and greens tend to be the most common colors seen, and colorless, pink, and black are the rarest.
Fluorite is a halide mineral comprised of calcium and fluorine, CaF2. The word fluorite is from the Latin fluo-, which means "to flow". In 1852 fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon known as fluorescence, or the property of fluorite to glow a different color depending upon the bandwidth of the ultraviolet light it is exposed to. Fluorite occurs commonly in cubic, octahedral, and dodecahedral crystals in many different colors. These colors range from colorless and completely transparent to yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, or black. Purples and greens tend to be the most common colors seen, and colorless, pink, and black are the rarest.
SPECIES
Dolomite, Fluorite & Pyrite
LOCATION
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Asturias, Spain
SIZE
2.8 x 1.4"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#188285
