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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 10.5 × 8.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.10cm
Weight: 
1 528.00gr
Description

Excellent, large and rare Fluorite cluster, around ten intergrown crystals, on matrix from the famous locality exhibiting a massive main crystal, up to 6.0cm in size, with a very attractive green-blue color combination, together with a translucent to transparent crystallization, both cubic and octahedral, with a lustrous and impressive side step growth finished with a lustrous as well flat square termination. The mine produced more commonly pale green crystals and it is difficult to find this beautiful color saturation that this specimen exhibits. These crystals are becoming scarse, the locality did not produce 2-3 years now. Minor Quartz microcrystals cluster visible on the side

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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