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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Bianco, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm
Description

A wonderful and most appreciated combination. A sharp termianetd pink fluorite, isolated and exposed in the center of a floater, which consists of lustrous intergrown smoky quartz crystals. Minor adularia is also present. 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