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Quartz Psm Fluorite & Baryte

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Quartz Psm Fluorite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Genoa Claim, Animas District, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4 × 12.5 × 7 cm
Description

Quartz has formed epimorphs of fluorite and baryte crystals. Some of the fluorite casts are open at the top, so you can see that quartz crystals are also lining the interiors.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
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