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Fluorite & Calcite

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Fluorite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Weißeck Area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm
Description

Group of parqueted fluorite cubes accompanied by two intergrown calcite scalenohedra from the north face of Weisseck Mountain. Unlike many specimen from the famous summit cleft, the fluorites from the north face generally exhibit good luster. The present exemplar shows zonar colouring with deep purple bodies and colorless edges. The second image shows the central part of the specimen backlit. The fluorites measure up to 2 cm, the calcites up to 3 cm. No significant damage, backside was on the rock

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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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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Fluorite & Calcite

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