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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

ex collection Otfried Kopp
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Description
Locality: 
Vizze Pass, San Giacomo, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.2 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
541.00gr
Description

This is a very rare fluorite specimen - the first fluorite from the Vizze valley I've seen so far. Unfortunately it shows some damage on several of the pale green fluorite octahedrons, but some of them are very fine.

Still a good sample for the fluorite locality collector.

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

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