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Fluorite On Albite With Smoky Quartz & Epidote

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Fluorite On Albite With Smoky Quartz & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Strzegom, Strzegom-Sobótka Massif, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Weight: 
31.00gr
Description

This is very rare classic combination from Polish mine (Strzegom (Striegau). This is violet pyramidal fluorite crystals associated on albite with smoky quartz and epidote. Main fluorite crystal is broken, but smaller is perfect terminated. Crystals are very transparency and gemmy. This specimens come's from old European collection from famous collector Karl Götzendorfer. This fluorite has original label from1983's.

 

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...
Piatek Minerals

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