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| Comments: | This mine produced some of the finest sea green fluorite crystal specimens in the world.
Fluorite replaces calcite in pegmatitic carbonatites and associated sodic fenites, but also host-rock marbles and biotite schists. |
| Habit: | Cubic (sharp & lustrous) |
| Colour: | Deep sea green to purple |
| UV Fluorescence: | Brilliant blue (best LW UV; SW UV). |
| Quality of samples: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Rarity at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| References: | Fluorite: The Collector's Choice. Extra Lapis English No. 9; Rustemeyer, P. (2000): Okosuru: Fundstelle attraktiver Fluorite in Namibia. Lapis 25(3), 24-29, 50. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia |
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