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Quartz With Fluorite Inclusions

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Quartz With Fluorite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Amborompotsy, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 3.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

A pristine, complete all-around, lightly frosted, water-clear, double terminated quartz crystal cluster is included with crudely crystallized dark blue/purple fluorite. This showy piece is from a most unlikely locality for fluorite - Madagascar!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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