Northern Lights Pocket Fluorite, River Catcher Vein, Diana Maria Mine, County Durham, England, UK (2023-NL3)
49 x 33 x 28mm
A combination of well-formed cubes, lots of galena lumps, and quartz. The edges on most of the fluorite cubes are perfectly preserved.
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While extracting this pocket (situated on the River Catcher Vein) in September 2023, the night skies above northern England were lit by magnificent displays of the Aurora Borealis. In recognition of the perfect coincidental colors and timing, this pocket was named the Northern Lights.
Fluorite crystals occur as singles and twins with occasional crystallized galena and rarely as octahedral crystals. Color zoning characteristically shifts from oily apple green edges to citrus lemon bodies, with inner nebulous cores containing hints of burnt sienna.
Occasional faces are dusted with wispy patches of micro-sucrosic quartz, and in daylight the cubes naturally fluoresce deep blue/purple at their corners.
49 x 33 x 28mm
A combination of well-formed cubes, lots of galena lumps, and quartz. The edges on most of the fluorite cubes are perfectly preserved.
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While extracting this pocket (situated on the River Catcher Vein) in September 2023, the night skies above northern England were lit by magnificent displays of the Aurora Borealis. In recognition of the perfect coincidental colors and timing, this pocket was named the Northern Lights.
Fluorite crystals occur as singles and twins with occasional crystallized galena and rarely as octahedral crystals. Color zoning characteristically shifts from oily apple green edges to citrus lemon bodies, with inner nebulous cores containing hints of burnt sienna.
Occasional faces are dusted with wispy patches of micro-sucrosic quartz, and in daylight the cubes naturally fluoresce deep blue/purple at their corners.
49 x 33 x 28mm
A combination of well-formed cubes, lots of galena lumps, and quartz. The edges on most of the fluorite cubes are perfectly preserved.
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While extracting this pocket (situated on the River Catcher Vein) in September 2023, the night skies above northern England were lit by magnificent displays of the Aurora Borealis. In recognition of the perfect coincidental colors and timing, this pocket was named the Northern Lights.
Fluorite crystals occur as singles and twins with occasional crystallized galena and rarely as octahedral crystals. Color zoning characteristically shifts from oily apple green edges to citrus lemon bodies, with inner nebulous cores containing hints of burnt sienna.
Occasional faces are dusted with wispy patches of micro-sucrosic quartz, and in daylight the cubes naturally fluoresce deep blue/purple at their corners.
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