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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3 × 2.7 cm
Description

A blue to lavender fluorite crystal with modifications (of rhomb) attractively set on a sharp termianted quartz crystal. A very nice, aesthetic assemble from this famous locality. No significant damages to report; bottom of the quartz crystal was on the rock.

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