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Quartz With Scheelite Chalcopyrite & Fluorite

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FRN93910

Quartz With Scheelite Chalcopyrite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 2.8 × 2.9 cm
Description

Terminated quartz crystal is covered with hexagonal faces of calcite with transparent core layer.

The metallic golden chalcopyrite appears near the terminations of the crystal. Two transparent cubic fluorites attached on the side of quartz.

Two scheelite crystals on this specimens, one dot at the top of the quartz another attached on the side.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Scheelite

Formula: 
Ca(WO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bispbergs Klack, Säter, Dalarna, Sweden

Chalcopyrite

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

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
Oriental Minerals