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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.7 × 7.7 × 5.5 cm
Description

Violet fluorites on matrix with colorless quartz crystals. The fluorites show a multiple violet zoning from the outside of the crystal to the center. The fluorites are very translucent to glassy. Their faces are shiny to highly glossy, but there are also areas with silky-matt sheen. A great piece - well crystallized in three-dimensional construction and as a floater specimen!

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