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Fluorite & Calcite On Fossil Coral

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Fluorite & Calcite On Fossil Coral

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Description
Locality: 
Lafarge Quarry, Marblehead, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 8.2 × 7.7 cm
Weight: 
578.00gr
Description

Spectacular new find of deep purple, partly flattened cubic fluorite crystals with densely packed calcite scahelonohedrons on fossil coral.

Found by Mike Royal

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

Coral

Variety Of: 

Animal

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