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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
28.00gr
Description

Purple fluorite octahedrons on sparkling quartz. The fluorite is UV reactive under LW (365nm) and glows indigo with a purple core, highlighting the growth and chemical zonation inside the crystals. Some minor chalcopyrite and brown siderite complete that combination from this classic Provence mine.

Daniel Gol and Alain Martaud's find between 1997 and 2001 in the Sud 3 vein.

Collected: 
1997-2001
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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