A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Fluorite from Roxbury, Connecticut |
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| Description | This cleavage fragment of fluorite, CaF2, is about 6.5 cm across. Fluorite typically forms cubic crystals. Many sharp looking fluorite specimens are octahedral, but they are mostly cleavage fragments rather than whole crystals. |
| Location | USA ▹ Connecticut. Near Roxbury. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-03-06. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | fluorite, Connecticut |
| Tech details | 605 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 179 |
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