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Fluorite & Calcite

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Fluorite & Calcite

ex Herborn mineral show 2013

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Description
Locality: 
Tragos, Chãs de Tavares, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Description

Intensiv violet, transparent cubes with overgrow of white calcite crystals.

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