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Fluorite from
Felix Mine, Azusa (Dalton), Los Angeles County, California, USA


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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
00570840017272011887493.jpg
Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
09209080017272011886736.jpg
Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Fluorite

Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:Fine specimens of crystals.
Habit:Octahedral
Colour:Pastel green, purple
Luminescent properties:Very bright blue (LW); less so (SW).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz21
Baryte6
Cerussite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Felix Mine, Azusa (Dalton), Los Angeles County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (75 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:65309
Long-form Identifier:1:3:65309:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘCajalco Mine (Cajalco Tin Mine; Cajalco Dumortierite occurrence), El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, USA
67.6km (42.0 miles) ⓘPrimmer Fluorite Mine (Primer deposit), Shadow Mountains Tungsten-South Field, Shadow Mts [2], San Bernardino County, California, USA
97.2km (60.4 miles) ⓘBlack Jack Mine (Renton Mine; Renton vein), Black Jack Mountain, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA
References
Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Sharp, W.E. (1959) Minerals from Los Angeles County, California. Printed privately, Los Angeles, California: 39
Carnahan, V. (1967), Minerals of Los Angeles County, part 1, Catalina Island, Palos Verdes and Soledad Basin: Los Angeles County Natural History Museum Alliance Quarterly: 6(2): 22.
 
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