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PhotosFluorite - Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK

29th Sep 2017 14:18 UTCJamison K. Brizendine 🌟 Expert

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Fluorite
Middlehope Shield Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Copyright © Y.Okazaki
Its pretty safe to say that this specimen probably comes from the Middlehope Shield Mine, White's Level, Westgate in Weardale (https://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?loc=106605&min=1576). The beveled edges on the fluorites usually points to this specific locality and a lot of these specimens were erroneously labeled as coming from the Heights Mine.

29th Sep 2018 18:22 UTCJamison K. Brizendine 🌟 Expert

Bumped as this still hasn't been resolved...

29th Sep 2018 21:54 UTCColin Robinson

Several Weardale locations, including Heights, produced fluorites with bevelled edges. What is the matrix of the piece?


For some reason the bevelled edges are usually found on twinned crystals and rarely on un-twinned ones.
 
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