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Fluorite On Kidney Ore

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Fluorite On Kidney Ore

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Description
Locality: 
Florence Mine, Haile, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7.2 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

A beautiful and very impressive specimen from the Florence Mine.
A matrix of heavy lustrous kidney ore and some specularite is loaded with dozens of gemmy, light blue, transparent crystals of fluorite up to 6 mm.
A great older piece with several labels.

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

Kidney Ore

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Cartils Minerals

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