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Fluorite & Calcite

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Fluorite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Loralai District, Baluchistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 7.4 × 4 cm
Description

Detached plastic and perfectly crystallized fluorite cubes covered with transparent glossy calcite. The fluorite areflieder translucent with a blue zoning along edges. A second generation of calcite sitting in model form on the cubes.No significant damage to report (one big calcite have contacts on the ends but this does not interfere). The specimen stands in this position without any help. I used LED spots for backlit (fifth photo).

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