A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Mamillary fluorite from Nye County, Nevada |
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| Description | Fluorite, CaF2 takes on many habits. Euhedral crystals are cubes or octahedra and generally purple in color. This specimen has form termed mamillary, and unusual coloration. It is about 7 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Nevada ▹ Nye |
| Photographer | Twyla Baker. 2001-03-06. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #467. |
| Key words | fluorite, Nevada, mammilary |
| Tech details | 774 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 182 |
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