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Fluorite & Galena

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Fluorite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
W L Davis-Deardorff Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6 × 14.6 × 10.4 cm
Description

Lustrous intergrown purple fluorite cubes with metallic galena cubes on a quartz matrix

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