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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: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.5 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

Fantastic piece from the small find a few years ago from the classic locality!The piece consists of a mtrix of druzy quartz in white color and contrasting octahedra of fluorite!The green crystals are actually clear with light green phantoms!Orientated on some faces, micro crystals of pyrite highlight the crystals!The impression under UV radiation is oustanding!No damage!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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