Mineral: Fluorite
Locality: Afton Canyon, Afton, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Dimensions: 73 x 45 x 20 mm

Description: Lustrous, translucent, dark-green, intergrown octahedrons of Fluorite to 16 mm across, accented with coatings of fine-grain white Quartz. California is not known for producing Fluorite, and there are only two localities that produce green (and octahedral!) Fluorites - this locality and the Felix prospect in Azusa; both of these localities are now closed to collecting. It is free of damage on the face. Strongly fluorescent in LW, and less so in SW, which is uncommon.

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