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Fluorite & Quartz

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MGR152503

Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

I remember plenty of specimen of this well known locality. I saw them pale green, light violet and dull or partly glossy. So this one is very different to the crowd. All around all these uncountable steps are razor sharp and highly lustrouse. The colour is one of the best, most intense violet I had seen. I cannot describe the impression when I saw it with backlight, simply an explosion of colour. Not even one of my photos does justice to this little jewel. Some white glossy quartz crystals are attached. Developed as floater, undamaged.

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