Specimen #815

Name: Fluorite and Quartz

Type: Mineral

Locality: Portales Adit (Glory Hole), Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 7.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm

Weight: 248

Acquired: 2008-10-02

Source: Trinity: Dave Douglass

Label: N

Comment: Blue, with a slight purple tinge, fluorite cubes on a matrix of white quartz crystals. Nice color and contrast.

Minerals: Fluorite (CaF₂) Quartz (SiO₂)

There are 6 pictures on file

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Fluorite and Quartz, Portales Adit (Glory Hole), Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico - 7.5 x 6.5 x 5 mm

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Fluorite and Quartz, Portales Adit (Glory Hole), Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico - 7.5 x 6.5 x 5 mm

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Fluorite and Quartz, Portales Adit (Glory Hole), Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico

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Fluorite and Quartz, Portales Adit (Glory Hole), Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico

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Fluorite and Quartz, Portales Adit (Glory Hole), Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico

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Fluorite and Quartz, Portales Adit (Glory Hole), Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico