English Fluorite Crystals – Lady Annabella Mine (Weardale) [LA #19 – #24]

English Fluorite Crystals – Lady Annabella Mine (Weardale) [LA #19 – #24]Product Overview: Mineral: Fluorite Locality: Lady Annabella Mine, Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England Color: Light Green Fluorescence: Dark Blue under UV Treatment: None Type: Twins (sold individually, see numbered options below) Individual Specimens: LA #19 1. 5 1. 7 1. 7 cm, 6g LA #20 2. 0 2. 1 2. 0 cm, 12g LA #21 2. 3 2. 3 1. 6 cm, 9g LA #22 1. 7 2. 2 1. 8 cm, 8g LA #23 2. 0 2. 0 1. 0 cm, 7g (includes 1 Galena crystal) LA #24 2. 0 2. 5 1. 3

Product Overview:

• Mineral: Fluorite

• Locality: Lady Annabella Mine, Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England 

• Color: Light Green

• Fluorescence: Dark Blue under UV

• Treatment: None

• Type: Twins (sold individually, see numbered options below)

Individual Specimens:

• LA #19 – 1.5 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm, 6g

• LA #20 – 2.0 × 2.1 × 2.0 cm, 12g

• LA #21 – 2.3 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm, 9g

• LA #22 – 1.7 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm, 8g

• LA #23 – 2.0 × 2.0 × 1.0 cm, 7g (includes 1 Galena crystal)

• LA #24 – 2.0 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm, 8g

Background:
The Lady Annabella Mine (Eastgate, Weardale) began surface exploration in July 2020 in the last highly mineralized bench of the old Eastgate Quarry. Previously known as the Blue Circle Cement Quarry, the site has been producing fine fluorite specimens since the 1960s.
Weardale is world-famous for its emerald-green fluorites with strong fluorescence. Along with Rogerley, Diana Maria, and Heights mines, Eastgate specimens are prized for their color variety (green, yellow, violet, lilac, rose-pink) and unique color zoning. 

Note for collectors: Mining operations at Lady Annabella have now ceased as of June 2023, making these fluorite specimens increasingly scarce and highly desirable on the collector market.

Impact:
10% of this purchase supports the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) [EU].

Note:

• Sold individually.

• Color may vary slightly in images and videos due to lighting and angles.