Fluorite, England
Location: Fairy Holes Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Eastgate, Weardale County, Durham, England
Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 4 cm
Weight: 438.7 grams
Location: Fairy Holes Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Eastgate, Weardale County, Durham, England
Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 4 cm
Weight: 438.7 grams
Location: Fairy Holes Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Eastgate, Weardale County, Durham, England
Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 4 cm
Weight: 438.7 grams
Uv Reactive and Daylight Fluorescent
Named in 1797 by Carlo Antonio Galeani Napione from the Latin, fluere = "to flow" (for its use as a flux). The term fluorescence is derived from fluorite, which will often markedly exhibit this effect. The element fluorine also derives its name from fluorite, a major source of the element. (Mindat.org)
