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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm
Description

The Fluorite crystal is about 29mm across. Excellent assemble, the fluorite shows the typical habi for shangbao, the crystal is sharp terminated and very glossy. It shows an intense violet phantom. The quartz crystals are snowy white, glossy and sharp, minor white dolomite with a touch of yellow at the base. Very showy in each angle. No significent 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