20056 RC390 Fluorite, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Cluster of pink octahedral crystals, pale blue fluorescence. Ex Roger Colling Collection.
Fluorite
3606 Fluorite, Quartz, Wheal Remfrey China Clay Pit, Fraddon, Saint Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
A lot of collectors like fluorite. Whether it be for the isometric (cubic) symmetry (for those that might be a little obsessive-compulsive 😁), the range of colours and zoning, the fluorescence, or for other reasons....
2834 Bavenite, Fluorite, Magnesite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Thin colourless blades of bavenite with colourless fluorite on ferroan magnesite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images. VHD12. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2578 Fluorite, Bavenite, Ferroan Magnesite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Tiny thin colourless blades of bavenite with colourless fluorite on oxidised Fe bearing magnesite. Width of view 1.75mm, stack of 40 images (first photo) and width of view 3.5mm and stack of 70 images (second...
7417 JL1778 Sellaite, Fluorite, Muscovite, Brocks Creek, Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
7321 JL3219 Fluorite, Hemimorphite, Coldstones Quarry, Greenhow, High and Low Bishopside, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998. Width of View 4mm.
10027 Fluorite, Wulfenite, Barite, Blue Star prospect, South Canyon District, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless cubes of fluorite with thin purple edges, colourless fluorite with hematite inclusions/staining, purple cubes, yellow tabular wulfenite, minor white barite. Specimen is 50x36x30mm. Second image is under shortwave ultraviolet light.
ncat JP1756 Fluorite, Marcasite, Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK
Purple cubes with small modified edges with tiny brassy marcasite crystals. Some of the matrix is vein calcite that fluoresces bright red. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 130 images.
1447 Fluorite, Natrolite, Rhodochrosite, Aegirine?, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Wedge-shaped reddish-brown rhodochrosite on and with natrolite, colourless tiny cubes of fluorite with small octahedral corners on thin acicular aegirine(?) (see first crop). Unidentified white platy crystals (see second crop). Width of view 7.5mm. Stack...
1245 Fluorite, Leonards Hush, Pike Law Mines, Newbiggin, County Durham, England, UK
Small glassy micro fluorite crystals to less than 2mm on an ironstone matrix. From a large hushed working within the Pike Law area. Collected in 1990’s. Fluoresces strongly. Width 18.5mm. Stack of 160 images. Fluorescent...
28002 VH34 Fluorite, Calcite, North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Group of deep purple fluorite cubes with octahedral faces, with white calcite that fluoresces red. Width 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Val Hannah Collection.
9089 JP2810 Fluorite, Goethite, Quartz, Blue Hills, Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland
A single purple octahedral crystal of fluorite (fluorescent) with golden sprays of goethite on quartz. Width 9mm. Stack of 110 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
1644 Epidote, Fluorite, Albite, Quabbin Resevoir, Massachusetts, USA
Tiny purple octahedral fluorite crystals with green epidote and colourless albite. Width 5mm.
2191 Beryl, Sellaite, Quartz, Fluorite, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Terminated crystals of blue beryl with colourless crystals of sellaite and quartz. Fluorite was picked up by fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. A yellow-orange fluorescence may be non-crystalline sellaite. In the fluorescent photos, there are also...
20053 Fluorite, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England
Often, Rogerley specimens are larger with bigger crystals. But this one is cute. And of course, fluorescent. Video best viewed full screen.
30078 Calcite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Fluorite, Bor Pit, Dal’negorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Tiny white calcite on yellowish calcite, chalcopyrite partially covered by sphalerite, and quartz and colourless fluorite. Video best viewed full screen.
30067 Barite, Pyrite, Fluorite, Calcite, Level 4, El Solar Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
Fluorite is white, only picked up under longwave UV. Tiny scalenohedral calcite crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30064 Fluorite, Quartz, Siderite, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England
Pale yellow fluorite cubes, blue under longwave UV, with siderite on and in. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
20044 Fluorite, Aquamarine, Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Green fluorite with purple edges. The green is fluorescent but not the purple. Pale blue prismatic aqua. With the spate of fakes coming out of the region, I have examined this specimen very closely. It...
20042 Alabandite, Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru
Sharp octahedral grey crystals of alabandite in a matrix of fluorite and calcite, both of which fluoresce (blue and pink respectively).
10082 Green and purple fluorite, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, China
Gemmy rich emerald-green fluorite octahedrons, to 15mm on edge, cover the matrix plate 75x70x25mm. This colourful two-generation fluorite is from a small 2016 find near Yiwu City, a very obscure locality in Zhejiang Province, China....
ncat M1006 Fluorite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat JP1761 Fluorite, Les Roches quarry, Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
“Antozonite” – Anzeme Mine, Gueret, Creuse, France. Advice on locality from Jean-francois Brochard
4949 Sphalerite, Fluorite, Barite, Hawleyite, Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4950 Fluorite, Pindale, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4951 Fluorite, Old Tor Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4952 Cerussite, Fluorite, Hope Quarry, Bradwell, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4953 Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite, Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4946 Fluorite, Barite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4895 Fluorite, Old Tor Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Blue John, Richard Bell
30018 Raspite, Chamosite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Pinkish raspite (single crystal), cream chamosite balls, prismatic arsenopyrite, including some partial trillings, colourless fluorite, well-formed chalcopyrite crystals and colourless quartz crystals. Ex Wolfgang Henkel.
8066 Calcite, Fluorite, Marcasite, Barite, Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8003 Bastnasite-(Ce), Fluorite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
30031 Fluorite, Barite, Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
Purple zoning around the edges of the fluorite cubes, cream-coloured barite. Ex John Chivers.
10029 Fluorite, Doublestrike Claim (Rocky Trail), Bound Ranch District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Translucent blue-green fluorite crystals on matrix. The fluorite crystals are cubic form with dodecahedral (110) edge faces that are opaque white.
10042 Topaz, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Muscovite, Fluorite, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Two bluish green topaz crystals on a quartz matrix. Minor arsenopyrite, muscovite and purple fluorite. 45x45x30mm. #520679.
10041 Fluorite, Quartz, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Purple cubes of fluorite on double quartz crystals. 57x35x22mm. #500640.
4612 Fluorite, Smoky Quartz, Unidentified Species, Glenrowan, Victoria
Purple octahedral fluorite. Tan coloured pancaked” feldspar?”
4317 Quartz after Fluorite, Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania
Collected by Andrew Tuma 2006
4316 Fluorite, Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania
Collected by Andrew Tuma 2006
4192 Fluorite, Bavenite(?), Siderite(?), Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
ex Jack Leach Collection
3989 Lavendulan, Fluorite, Grube St. Johannes, Wolkenstein, Germany
Diederik Visser 3/2005
3899 Galena, Fluorite, La Boule, Le Kaymar, Lunel, Aveyron, France
Cederick Gineste 2/2005
6092 Fluorite, Riemvasmaak fluorite occurrences, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Light green fluorite octahedrons are featured here partially blanketed with white druzy quartz. The faces of the fluorite has medium luster. The piece measures 1 1/2″ wide by3 3/8″ tall by 1 1/2″ front to...
6085 Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Dam Rigg Level, Northside Mines, Whaw, Arkengarthdale, North Pennines, North Yorkshire, England
Lustrous white translucent barite crystals growing on minor calcite from one of the classic old English lead mines. The barite crystals on this piece reach 1.5 cm in maximum length and fluoresce a nice cream-white...
6071 Fluorite, Esperanza Mine, Melchor Mezquiz, Mun. de Melchor Mezquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
A bright specimen of fluorite with stair-stepped formation. It has very nice dark orchid purple colour. The crystals are translucent with dark phantoms inside. Ex Mike Knew Collection. Mike Knew is the owner of Top...
6014 Fluorite, Hematite, Quartz, Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
Intense blue fluorite cubes on massive brown hematite with tiny colourless quartz crystals in cavities in the hematite
5371 Gold, Fluorite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania
JL1376. Geoff Randall $5
5159 Gold, Fluorite, Williamsford, Tasmania
JL0337. Arthur Roffey $12
7152 JL1653 Fluorite, Hematite, Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley.
7097 JL2565 Calcite, Hematite, Fluorite, Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
Labelled as aragonite – is likely calcite. ex Harry Critchley. ex Joan Lamond Collection
ncat JP860, Hemimorphite, Fluorite, Siderite, Calcite, Reymert Mine (Denoon property; Devoux property; Asia claim; Australia claim; America claim; Africa claim; Europe claim; Alaska shaft; Great Pacific), Reymert Canyon, Superior area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Multiple fluorescent colours. Can’t see hemimorphite
7050 JL2663 Fluorite, Goethite, Quartz, Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland
ex Joan Lamond Collection
1802 Unknown Tourmaline in Fluorite, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Greenish tourmaline, could be dravite.
1778 Fluorite, Quartz, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Purple fluorite crystals on quartz
1730 Marcasite, Fluorite, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
More likely pyrite
0671 Fluorite, High Skears Mine, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Teesdale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK
Composed of honey yellow cubic fluorite crystals with inky blue color zone exterior edge phantoms. The specimen comes from the High Skears Mine, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Middleton, North Pennines, County Durham, England, UK. It measures 6.5×5.0×2.8cm in...
0304 Fluorite, Thomson Hill, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0274 Fluorite, Thomson Hill, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
As green octahedral crystals. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
4689 Thorikosite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Lavrion District, Greece
Platy yellow thorikosite with globular fluorite, and white gypsum from the Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. Exact locality unknown.
30044 Boulangerite, Yaogangxian Mine, China
Boulangerite crystals in fluorite from the Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. Photo width 11mm.
4599 Melkovite, U-Mo occurrence, Shunak Mts, Kazakhstan
Melkovite, U-Mo occurrence, Shunak Mts, Mointy Railway Station, Mointy, Balkhash Region, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan. Type Locality. Certified (microprobe analyzed) sulfur-yellow melkovite, a rare hydrous Ca-Fe phosphate-molybdate, known only from the single locality in the world....
10001 Calcite, Fluorite, Hill-Ledford Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Tiny cream calcite crystals on dark purple fluorite from the Hill-Ledford Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois – Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA. Largest fluorite 65mm across. Mined in the late 1950s or early...
1078 Fluorite, Dolomite, Irvington Quarry, Breckinridge Co., Kentucky, USA
Purple fluorite nestled in amongst dolomite crystals from Liter’s Quarry (Hanson Aggregates Irvington Quarry), Breckinridge Co., Kentucky, USA. While looking at this through my microscope, I assumed it was a cube of fluorite, but the...
5547 Fluorite, Ungerhammerplatzl, Unterlaussa, Austria
Purple fluorite cubes with a number of other small faces, from Ungerhammerplatzl (Platzl), Unterlaussa, Altenmarkt bei Sankt Gallen, Liezen, Styria, Austria.
10028 Barite, Fluorite, Quartz, Wulfenite, Unknown black needles, Blue Star prospect, South Canyon District, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless and purple fluorite cubes and colourless quartz crystals on white barite. Minor yellow wulfenite. Unknown black needles.