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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Brandberg, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 9.1 × 6.1 cm
Description

A really amazing combination - of course the combination of fluorite and quartz is not uncommon for namibia generally, but from brandberg area it is really exceptional. Usually we know amethyste and quartz crystals from this locality, but absolutely not the combination with fluorite. The milky quartz crystals remind to a hedgehog, they are growing in all directions. And they show a very fine contrast to dark violet, sharp terminated, cubic fluorite crystals.

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