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Quartz Psm Fluorite

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Quartz Psm Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Gee, Arkaroola Region, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 4.7 cm
Description

These type of quartz crystal 'cactus' have been collected in the past 3-4 years from this very remote locality. This piece is unusual as it features quartz relacing octahedral flourite.

One of the pseudomorps have been broken to show nothing but quartz underneath. The beautiful radial structueat the base is also a feature. A small amount of orange hyalite on the quartz crystals is fluorescent yellow under S.W UV.  There is a little bit of bruising to some of the quartz crystals but this is not overly significant.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
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
Gondwana Minerals