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Fluorite & Quartz

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MGR202367

Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar Lake, Grimsel, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

The specimen features very glossy, sharp terminated rock crystals with only a touch of light smoky color. Set in the center there is a free-standing gwindel, lustrous, waterclear, glossy and undamaged. Attachted to this gwindel there is a light pink octahedral fluorite. A very nice combination of the most appreciated minerals from swiss alps. No significant admages 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