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Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

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Calcite : CaCO3, Fluorite : CaF2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

A VERY rich and colorful specimen of green fluorite completely covering a knoll of matrix! On top of it are perched elongated crystals of calcite. This is a huge and showy locality specimen, and is the best I have seen for sale from the locality! BETTER IN PERSON! 10.4 x 6.4 x 3.5 cm

 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 32119    View Count: 285

Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Malachite : Cu2[(OH)2|CO3], Fluorite : CaF2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

Solid mass of chalcopyrite with malachite surface alteration on gangue green fluorite (pardon the pun). This district was mined for copper beginning around the 1880s Collected by Rudy Bolona. March 23, 2008.
Photo ID: 158229    View Count: 80

Fluorite : CaF2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

Drusy green octahedral fluorite. Alan Goldstein specimen (6517) and photograph.
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 27047    View Count: 317

Fluorite : CaF2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

Botryoidal fluorite. Alan Goldstein specimen (6532) and photo.
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 27061    View Count: 250

Fluorite : CaF2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

A 4.4 cm mass of cubes. Photographed by, and in the collection of, Karl Volkman
 © Karl Volkman04/05Photo ID: 30608    View Count: 231

Fluorite : CaF2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

Fluorite with amethyst crystals, 3.5 cm wide. Doug Merson photo and collection.
 © DM 06Photo ID: 84828    View Count: 116

Fluorite : CaF2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

A very richly colored and lustrous specimen of botryoidal Fluorite measuring 8 x 8 x 1.6 cm.
 © Russell G. RizzoPhoto ID: 90939    View Count: 112

Multiple photos availableFluorite : CaF2, Quartz (Var: Amethyst) : SiO2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

This richly-colored specimen of botryoidal Fluorite is quite unusual in that it forms a sandwich consisting of layers of Fluorite on the outside and Amethyst in the middle.
specimen size = 6.6 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm.
 © Russell G. RizzoPhoto ID: 113222    View Count: 90

Fluorite : CaF2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

Two different growths on limestone matrix; an inner crystalline layer with an outer botryoidal one. Collected by Rudy Bolona March 23, 2008.
Photo ID: 158228    View Count: 81

Fluorite : CaF2

Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

Deep green crystalline pieces; 4x2.2x1.5cm and 3x1.5x1.5cm; Smaller piece has some amethyst attached. The fluorite from this locality fluoresces nicely under SW- UV light. Collected by Rudy Bolona March 23, 2008.
Photo ID: 158227    View Count: 76
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