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Fluorite On Calcite

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Fluorite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Silverton, Animas, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 6 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Sharp pale blue-greenish fluorite cubes on a bed of calcite crystals on both sides of the specimen.

Beautiful old specimen from Dr. Hartmann collection.

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