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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 6.3 × 3 cm
Description

The specimen is developed as floater. At the base you can see a glossy milky quartz, which is well developed all around and double terminated at the bottom. In the middle there is some matrix, covered with mica. At the top you can see gemmy, sharp terminated fluorite crystals. the one at the top is 28mm on edges, the one to the right hand side is 34mm on edges. Both are show very good clarity and light blue-green color. The gemmy fluorite crystals show a really fine contrast to mica and quartz and the assemble is very aesthetic. Hard to photograph, better in person.

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