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Fluorite Galena & Sphalerite

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Fluorite Galena & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Granite Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Connemara, County Galway, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.2 × 3 cm
Weight: 
164.00gr
Description

Granite matrix with one face displaying a nice coverage of violet blue cubic fluorite crystals with a rare for the locality association of dull grey galena crystals and golden yellow sphalerite. 

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

Galena

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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