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Fluorite & Calcite

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Fluorite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Semi transparent to transparent fluorite crystals of very fine glassy luster and light to dark purple color.Around and at the back are covered by glossy semi transparent calcite crystals.Unusually good quality for this type of specimens from Lavrion.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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