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Fluorite With Calcite On Quartz

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Fluorite With Calcite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 9 × 3.7 cm
Description

Large and esthetic piece from this small find of octahedral fluorite , isolated on matrix of white quartz! The fluorite has varying luster and has green phantoms that offer a superb result! Dust of pyrite is set orientated on one side of the piece!The crystals are intensively fluorescent and the color changes for the calcite and fluorite!No damage, sawed on the bottom!

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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