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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

Fine small cabinet from he recent find with many octahedra of fluorite on matrix of quartz and calcite!The crystals are covered partially by pyrite,very obvious on this one,which I like very much!The crystals are sharp and very gemmy,with fine color!Only some wear,nothing too important on some crystals.Sawed on the base.

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

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