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Gold With Fluorite

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Gold With Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hercules Mine, Mount Read, Williamsford, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

These are very rare to acquire.

Fine gold in the form of blebs and ribbons through a purple coloured fluorite rich matrix.  There are some associated sulphide minerals on this piece also.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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