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Fluorite Quartz Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Fluorite Quartz Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Wowwwww...apple green Fluorite crystals some grown as octahedrons very esthetic on chalcopyrite. The Fluorite is covered with glossy quartz and tiny chalcopyrite. The chalcopyirte is grown over by a black Mineral..maybe sphalerite. Very rare and hard to obtain!!! Do not miss this there is only this one for sale.

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

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0