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Fluorite & Dolomite

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Fluorite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
210.00gr
Description

A cluster of aesthetic cubic-octahedral fluorite crystals with a bright purple core set on a bed of pristine dolomite saddles coming from the classic Shangbao Mine in China. This comes from the early finds in 2009 before the prevalence of more complex modified fluorite crystals in Tuscon post 2009 and marks one of the earlier specimen-grade finds.

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

Dolomite

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