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Fluorite & Marcasite

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Description
Locality: 
Groverake Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5.5 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

A very unusual piece from a rare Weardale locality showing light green cubic fluorite crystals with clusters of bronze coloured maracsite crystals scattered across their surface.

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

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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