Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Fluorite & Galena

Views:
Watches:
KFT98068

Fluorite & Galena

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Allenheads Mine, Allendale, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.2 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

Waterclear translucent fluorite crystals grown with galena. Some show twins. The bigger crystals show a little bit of pink!?

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey