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Fluorite from
Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA


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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
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Fluorite

Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Habit:DeMark (1980): "Most of the fluorite at this location is massive although some purple fluorite cubes about 0.5 mm in size can be found in the interstices of the breccia."
Colour:purple
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bastnäsite-(Ce)18
Baryte4
Agardite-(La)2
Pyrite1
Mimetite1
Goethite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Cloud fluorite mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:114741
Long-form Identifier:1:3:114741:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘRed Cloud copper mine, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘConqueror No. 4 Prospect, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘConqueror Prospect (Rio Tinto Prospect), Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘDeadwood Prospect, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘBottleneck Prospect, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘEureka Prospect, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘHelen S. Prospect, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘSummit Prospect, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘHilltop Prospect, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘCongress Prospect, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
References
NMBMMR OFR 183
DeMark, Ramon S. (1980) The Red Cloud Mines, Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico. The Mineralogical Record, 11 (2) 69-72
Anthony, John Williams, Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. (2000) Handbook of Mineralogy Vol. 4 - Arsenates, phosphates, vanadates. Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson, Arizona.
 
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