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MD-119971
Fluorite, Siderite
Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK
Small Cabinet, 7.5 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm
Ex. Seaman Mineralogical Museum; Joseph Rawlings
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Translucent, gray-green fluorite cubes to 3.0 cm dramatically and preferentially coated with lustrous, brown siderite. Ex Joseph Rawlings (#171) and Seaman Museum Collections. Rawlings was born in 1826 and worked as engineer at the Cliff and Minnesota Mines in Michigan. The Cliff closed in 1883! Super purple fluorescence.