Fluorite from
Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK

Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
© Steve Rust

Description
Comments:	Colourless crystals to 10cm have been found, but most are micro <2cm. Crystals useually have included pyrite micro crystals.
Habit:	Cubes
Colour:	Colourless, white, yellow, purple
UV Fluorescence:	non
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Rarity at site:	Very common
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Min.Mag.(1984) 48, 267-269; Rust, S. A. (1994): Seltene Mineralien aus dem Milltown-Steinbruch bei Ashover, Derbyshire, Großbritannien. Lapis, 19(12), 13-17; 58 (in German).
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Anglesite Ashoverite Baryte Calcite Cerussite Ettringite Galena Greenockite Hemimorphite Hydrozincite Litharge Massicot Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Smithsonite Sphalerite Sulphur Sweetite Unnamed (gamma-Zn(OH)2) Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate) Weddellite Wülfingite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
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