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Dolomite Fluorite & Quartz

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FRN121691

Dolomite Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 4.7 × 5 cm
Description

A large gemmy transparent crystal of quartz with completely termination partly enveloped by cream white dolomite crystals, two lustrous, multi-generation and pale blue fluorite crystals attached on the crystal prism.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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