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Fluorite & Smoky Quartz

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Fluorite & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.6 × 4.5 cm
Description

This specimen is from a small recent discovery from this well known area. There is a light warm-brown smoky quartz and on it you can see a large modified fluorite crystal on it! This crystal shows stepped edges and faces, which are all glossy. There are different concentrations of lavender and blue internal color tones. Some are very light, but along some edges and corners the concentration is very strong. Some small greenish zonings are also well visible. The specimen is well developed all around, fluorite is complete also backside and only the bottom of the smoky quartz was on the rock. Some additional quartz crystals are sticked into the fluorite. Ni 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

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0