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Fluorite & Hematite

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Fluorite & Hematite

Self collected January 2014
New Discovery

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Description
Locality: 
Pigeon Rock Mountain, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

Granite matrix small vugs containing octahedral fluorite crystals and specular hematite crystals. The fluorite crystals are interesting in that some are colourless with deep purple areas at the apexes of their crystal faces whilst others are deep purple with colourless apexes.

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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