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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 6 × 5.7 cm
Description

An elongated, very elegant assemble of sea-green, sharp terminated fluorite crystals. All crystals are framed at their edges by sparkling micro crystals of quartz. This makes this specimen remarkable and helps to give a lot of contrast and great visual impact to the piece. Also teh sides are well developed, there is only a very small area backside, where the specimen was extracted from the rock. 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