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Fluorite Smoky Quartz & Microcline

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Fluorite Smoky Quartz & Microcline

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Description
Locality: 
Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 8 × 5 cm
Weight: 
313.00gr
Description

The Wushan Mine is clearly better known for its spessartine garnet specimens however this specimen is a bit unusual in that it has rare examples of fluorite crystals scattered across it. The specimen consists of a creamy coloured feldspar matrix with nice super dark smoky quartz crystals set amongst large tan coloured microcline crystals. The fluorite forms as small pseudo-octahedral crystals with a nice violet tone. They are nestled in around the microcline crystals adding small points of colour across the specimen.

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

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

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