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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18.5 × 15 × 7.5 cm
Description

Impressive matrix piece carrying fluorite cubes up to 3 cm edge length on a bed of quartz crystals. The fluorites are translucent and exhibit frosted surfaces of matt luster. They show complex coloring with purple edges over blue-green interiors, some even hold additional purple cores. The specimen is basically free of fresh damage, there are some mainly rehealed cleavage faces and rounded edges.

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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

Quartz

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

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