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Fluorite With Ferberite & Chalcopyrite

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Fluorite With Ferberite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
242.00gr
Description

A spectacular find of fluorites, great pocket with fantastic type of fluorite similar to famous "Alien eye Fluorite from Namibia"
Crystals with fantastic all rainbow colors as pictured, Specimen is composed of intergrown crystals associated with shiny gold Chalcopyrite and Ferberite crystals,very elegant specimen, perfect display.
Specimen need moderate backlit to see better all fantastic colors, like fluorites from Erongo, but the effect is worth!
Fluorite crystals up to 2.5cm 

First two photos made with backlit.

 

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

Ferberite

Formula: 
FeWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Niña Mine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas del Almanzora (Cuevas de Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Piatek Minerals

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