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Fluorite & Galena On Quartz

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Fluorite & Galena On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Frazers Hush Mine, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17 × 14 × 8 cm
Weight: 
1 580.00gr
Description

A outstanding piece of white crystallized quartz covered by lustrous galena crystals and gemmy violet fluorite crystals.

The beautiful fluorite crystals show several penetration twins.

A very good display specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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