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Fluorite from the Moscona Mine

For many years under the general locality 'Villabona' many nice lemon yellow Fluorites have appeared on the market, often associated with saddle Dolomite and often quite large Calcite which has interesting crystal form and is white to yellow in color. Less frequently they were associated with blue, white and once in a while yellow Barite. Pyrite and Marcasite completed the paragenesis.
As so often happens, production has dropped over the last few years and, while the mine is still active, almost no new material has been found.
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Fluorite with Barite and Dolomite

NT9K7: Excellent luster, transparency and deep honey yellow color could define this showy Fluorite. With a partial coverage of laminar Barite and white Dolomite crystals.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm

Fluorite with Dolomite

NP60K7: Cubic honey yellow fluorite with small so-called saddle-shaped white Dolomite crystals.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.7 × 2.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV

Fluorite with inclusions

NV11K7: Group of exceptional luster and transparent cubic Fluorite crystals. The specimen shows a honey yellow color. There are small reddish Hematite inclusions in some edges.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.3 × 4.9 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Fluorite with Dolomite

NX12K7: Good brilliance, transparency and honey yellow Fluorite group, with some small coverage of white Dolomite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.1 × 4.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Fluorite with Barite

NQ13K7: Cubic yellow fluorite crystal group with small reddish Hematite inclusions, bordered on the left top (see picture) by tabular, blue and lustrous Barite crystals.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.7 × 3.2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV

Fluorite with Calcite

NY14K7: Good brilliance, transparency and honey yellow cubic Fluorite group. The prominent Calcite has a rare multiple termination.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.9 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV

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Fluorite with Dolomite and Pyrite

NR14K7: Group of exceptional lustrous and deep yellow cubic Fluorite crystals, which resemble dark honey, partially peppered with Pyrite microcrystals and nice white saddle-shaped Dolomite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 8.2 × 4.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm

Intense fluorescence long & short UV

Fluorite with Barite and Dolomite

NT6K7: Group of exceptional lustrous and transparent cubic Fluorite crystals. The specimen shows a deep yellow color. Slight coverage of small blue Barite and white Dolomite crystals.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.7 × 5.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.6 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV

Fluorite with Barite

NV16K7: Excellent luster, transparency and deep yellow color could define this showy Fluorite. You can see some Barite inclusions inside some crystals.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 9.1 × 3.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV

Calcite with Dolomite and Fluorite

NX17K7: White Calcite group of scalenohedrons, twined and doubly terminated, partially covered by small white saddle-shaped Dolomite crystals, on matrix.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.5 × 5.7 cm

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 2.2 cm

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Fluorite

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NY26K7: Excellent luster and deep yellow cubic Fluorite crystals, which resemble dark honey. On edges you can see dark yellow zonations.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 9.9 × 6.9 × 5.1 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm

Intense fluorescence long & short UV

Fluorite with Barite and Dolomite

NM9K7: Very aesthetic pink laminar crystals of Barite, really brilliant, unusual from the Moscona Mine. They have grown on so-called saddle-shaped white Dolomite crystals. Both are partially recovering a group of cubic yellow Fluorite crystals. Nice specimen.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.1 × 4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm

Intense fluorescence long & short UV

Barite with Calcite, Dolomite and Fluorite

NZ6K7: Small crystals of pink Barite, unusual at the Moscona Mine, partially covered with white Dolomite and a parallel growth of colorless and transparent Calcite crystals, everything growing on a cubic honey yellow Fluorite base.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.5 × 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV

Barite with Dolomite, Calcite and Fluorite

NA26K7: Small crystals of pink Barite, unusual at the Moscona Mine, partially covered with white Dolomite and a parallel growth of colorless and transparent Calcite crystals, everything growing on a cubic honey yellow Fluorite base.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.9 × 3.2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Barite with Dolomite, Calcite and Fluorite.

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite crystals

Very interesting novelty of 2007 Munich Show: trigonal crystals of Ilmenite transformed into an intimate intergrowth of Rutile and Hematite. Microscopic examination shows that Rutile (reddish) occurs as a delicate network of needles which are oriented parallel to the basal sections of the former Ilmenite, while Hematite (black) forms the interstices.
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Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

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MA8K7: Epitaxial Rutile reticulated growth on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.5 × 0.7 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

MD60K7: Epitaxial growth of red brilliant twinned Rutile on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. The former Ilmenite is showing well-marked geometrical forms.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

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Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

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MC9K7: Epitaxial growth of red brilliant twinned Rutile on a doubly tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section of the January 18, 2008 edition.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.3 × 2 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

ME61K7: Epitaxial growth of red brilliant Rutile on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. Rutile twinning is very evident.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 1.6 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

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Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

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MF61K7: Epitaxial Rutile reticulated growth on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.4 × 1.1 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

MM61K7: Epitaxial reticulated growth of Rutile on tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. Rutile presents a deep red color and brilliant multiple twins.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.1 × 1.5 cm

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.2 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

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Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

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MJ62K7: Epitaxial Rutile reticulated growth on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.8 × 2 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

MB11K7: Epitaxial reticulated growth crystals of Rutile on a doubly tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. Rutile presents multiple twins, including cyclic twins.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.2 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

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Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

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MP63K7: Epitaxial reticulated growth of Rutile on tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. Rutile presents a deep red color and brilliant twins.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.1 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 3.5 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

MH63K7: Epitaxial Rutile reticulated growth on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.7 × 1.2 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

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Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

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MG62K7: Epitaxial growth of red brilliant twinned Rutile on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. The former Ilmenite is showing well-marked geometrical forms.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.9 × 1.5 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

MN13K7: Epitaxial reticulated growth of Rutile on tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. Rutile presents a deep red color and brilliant multiple twins.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.1 × 3.5 cm

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 3 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

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Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

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ML62K7: Epitaxial reticulated growth of Rutile on tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. Rutile presents a deep red color and brilliant multiple twins.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.3 × 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.8 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

MK13K7: Epitaxial reticulated growth of Rutile on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. Twinned Rutile presents a deep red color and brilliance. The former Ilmenite is showing well-marked geometrical forms.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.4 × 2.2 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

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Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

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MQ64K7: Epitaxial reticulated growth of Rutile on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. Twinned Rutile presents a deep red color and brilliance. The former Ilmenite is showing well-marked geometrical forms.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.1 × 2.9 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

MT16K7: Epitaxial reticulated growth and twinned Rutile crystals, on doubly tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.9 × 2.3 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

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Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite

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MR36K7: Epitaxial reticulated growth and twinned Rutile crystals, on doubly tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite.
Mwinilunga Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.7 × 3.1 cm

With a copy of its analysis.

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Fluorite from the Moscona Mine

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite crystals

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Fluorite from the Moscona Mine

Rutile and Hematite pseudomorph after Ilmenite crystals

December 2007 Update
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