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Fluorite Quartz & Chalcopyrite

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Fluorite Quartz & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.3 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
59.30gr
Description

Chalkopyrite on Quartz cluster matrix. On which are 4 larger (and several small) bright green, spherically crystallized Fluorite.

Moreover in this combination Calcite, Dolomite and Pyrite are found as well, which makes it quite a seldom occurance from Mina Bolduț in Cavnic.

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