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Fluorite & Baryte

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Fluorite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 7.5 × 4 cm
Description

Pale purple, translucent cubes of Fluorite up to 2.2 cm across having nice sharp edges with cream blades of cockscomb Baryte.
Very lovely display piece - collected 1972.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White