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ncat EA6 Magnesite, Fluorite, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania

May 5, 2023 Steve Australasia Australia Tasmania

Given the name “Lost City of Bischoff” when I first found it, this is one side of a ferroan magnesite crystal that had grown up against stepped fluorite that is no longer there. The core of this specimen is a fairly thick seam of fluorite that fluoresces strongly.

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Tags: FluoriteMagnesite

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Asia China

2783 Wolframite, Fluorite, Quartz, Yao Gan Xian Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan Province, China

  • October 3, 2019
Australasia Australia Tasmania

ncat M2402 Fluorite, Magnesite, Slaughteryard Face, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania

  • October 14, 2019
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1382 Cassiterite, Luinaite, Quartz, Siderite, Actinolite, Fluorite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania

  • April 26, 2023
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9130 JP2631 Fluorite, Aragonite, Passa Limani Cove slag locality (Pacha Limani Cove slag locality), Passa Limani area, Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attiki Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

  • October 11, 2019

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