| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Comments: | Difficult to find actual crystals. Most common in thin layers on massive calcite and dolomite. |
| Habit: | Octahedral |
| Colour: | Dark Purple |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Binkley-Ober Quarry, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 227146 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:227146:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | cf9f000b-bbba-4f97-89b6-ad732a371c9f |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 14.2km (8.8 miles) | ⓘH.R. Miller Quarry, Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 17.7km (11.0 miles) | ⓘCornwall Mines (Cornwall Iron Mine), Cornwall Borough (Cornwall), Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 22.4km (13.9 miles) | ⓘBurkholder Quarry, Martindale, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 23.9km (14.9 miles) | ⓘMartin Limestone Quarry, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 26.1km (16.2 miles) | ⓘWeaverland Quarry, Weaverland, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 26.6km (16.6 miles) | ⓘBlue Ball Stone Co. Quarry, Blue Ball, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 33.3km (20.7 miles) | ⓘCodorus Stone & Supply Co. Quarry, Emigsville, East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 43.1km (26.8 miles) | ⓘFritz Island Mines, Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 55.0km (34.2 miles) | ⓘOley Valley Quarry (Oley Stone Quarry; Eastern Industries Quarry), Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 55.4km (34.4 miles) | ⓘFrench Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...a week while he and Mrs. Bideaux travelled back east. After he returned he hired Martie Scott to help...was a German-Dutch botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company as a merchant and trade representative...soldier”), under a five-year contract with the Dutch East Indies Company, arriving safely in Java after a...most of Book 3 was highly original, dealing with East Indian minerals and objects never before addressed |
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