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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.1 × 8.7 × 5.3 cm
Description

Where to begin - there is a large, double terminated assemble of Quartz-crystals. They are semi-lustrouse with some glossy faces. Perched on Quartz a huge Fluorite-crystal, up to 47mm on edges - most exciting colours. There is blue, some lavender zoning along the edges, a dark green zone on one corner and a green phantom in the lower right corner. The faces are glossy. The assemble is very tridimentional and the specimen is very impressive! No significant damages to report.

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