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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Rieding Lake, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

Fluorites on quartz crystals were rarely found near the location Riedingsee and accordingly they are rare and in demand. This piece gives an idea of what good pieces might look like if you were lucky enough to find them. Transparent light green fluorite up to 1.2 cm have grown on the quartz crystal. A second generation of small quartz crystals has also grown on the main crystal. A contact on the top of the main crystal has to be mentioned.

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