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Fluorite With Quartz & Aragonite

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Fluorite With Quartz & Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

This piece has to be seen in details to be fully appreciated!It is a cluster of colorless cubic fluorite crystals on matrix covered by small quartz points,which are colored by iron oxides.On the bottom,there are accicular crystals of cuprian blue aragonite!The crystals of fluorite are translucent and you need to handle the piece to really understand what's going on!The effect literally surprises and the piece is undamaged and very aesthetic!

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

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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