Fluorite with Quartz, Chlorite, Muscovite
specimen number:
5005854
location:
level 0, Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
description: Translucent non-lustrous crystals of fluorite to 1.3 cm in size on matrix with crystallized quartz, chlorite, and muscovite. In great condition all around. A nice miniature for the species from this classic locality. Collected in 2014. This is fluorescent purple under longwave ultraviolet light.
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