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Fluorite Dolomite Pyrite & Quartz

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KFT116829

Fluorite Dolomite Pyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.3 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very glossy translucent fluorite grown together with dolomite and some pyrite and quartz.

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Quartz

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