| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Comments: | Colourless crystals to 10cm have been found, but most are micro <2cm. Crystals useually have included pyrite micro crystals. |
| Habit: | Cubes |
| Colour: | Colourless, white, yellow, purple |
| Luminescent properties: | non |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals: |
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| Associates: | Anglesite
Ashoverite
Baryte
Calcite
Cerussite
Ettringite
Galena
Greenockite
Hemimorphite
Hydrozincite
Litharge
Massicot
Native Sulphur
Palygorskite
Pyrite
Quartz
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Sweetite
Unnamed (gamma-Zn(OH)2)
Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)
Weddellite
WÞlfingite
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| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Smithsonite | 19 |
| Calcite | 10 |
| Quartz | 10 |
| Ashoverite | 6 |
| Galena | 5 |
| Cerussite | 5 |
| Sweetite | 5 |
| Baryte | 5 |
| Hydrocerussite | 4 |
| Ettringite | 4 |
| Litharge | 3 |
| Unnamed (gamma-Zn(OH)2) | 2 |
| Pyrite | 2 |
| Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate) | 2 |
| Sidpietersite | 2 |
| Chrysocolla | 1 |
| Weddellite | 1 |
| Marcasite | 1 |
| Sphalerite | 1 |
| Petroleum | 1 |
| - var Bitumen | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (31 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 5310 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:5310:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | âStars Wood, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | âNew Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | âFall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | âGregory Mine, Overton Hall, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| 1.5km (1.0 miles) | âButts Quarry, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| 5.8km (3.6 miles) | âMatlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| 6.3km (3.9 miles) | âHigh Tor, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| 6.4km (4.0 miles) | âDimple Mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| 6.5km (4.1 miles) | âGlory Mine, Crich, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| 6.6km (4.1 miles) | âLong Tor mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
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Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK