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Caresite Sphalerite & Fluorite

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Caresite Sphalerite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some small, dipyramidal caresite crystals in a vug with a large calcite crystal selectively coated with tiny fluorite cubes and a cluster of black sphalerite. Verified by EDS and PXRD. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caresite

Formula: 
Fe2+4Al2(OH)12[CO3]·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.40
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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

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