| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Comments: | Crystals are very rare and small (less than 0.5 cm) at this locality. |
| Habit: | massive, octahedrons |
| Colour: | dark purple |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | 8 |
| Celestine | 3 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Meckley's Quarry, Mandata, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 346295 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:346295:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 17.0km (10.6 miles) | ⓘNational Limestone Quarry No. 2, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Perry Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 17.7km (11.0 miles) | ⓘDoughty Mine, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 25.6km (15.9 miles) | ⓘNational Limestone Quarry No. 1, Paxtonville, Middleburg Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 25.9km (16.1 miles) | ⓘEastern Products Quarry, Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 26.0km (16.1 miles) | ⓘFaylor-Middle Creek Quarry, Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 26.2km (16.3 miles) | ⓘWinfield, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 35.2km (21.9 miles) | ⓘSusquehanna Quarry, East Salem, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 58.4km (36.3 miles) | ⓘCornwall Mines (Cornwall Iron Mine), Cornwall Borough (Cornwall), Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 62.2km (38.6 miles) | ⓘPine Creek Quarry, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 62.3km (38.7 miles) | ⓘLime Bluff Quarry (Lycoming Silica Sand Company Quarry), Lime Bluff, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Meckley's Quarry, Mandata, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA