Fluorite Twin - Eastgate cement Quarry, Stanhope, Weardale, Co. Durham, UK

thumbnail: 17 x 17 x 16mm
Bright bottle green interpenetrant twinned Fluorite crystal, typical of the locality. The cubed crystal shows excellent clarity and transparency and also has the distinctive growth patterns on the crystal faces. A purple core is apparent. These Fluorites from Weardale all display excellent fluorescence under LW UV.
contact break on reverse where it was attached to matrix.