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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 4.6 × 4.3 cm
Description

The "matrix" is a large quartz crystal - it is covered with a snowy white layer of quartz of second generation - finally fluorite grew on it. The fluorite crystals are modified - faces and edges consists of uncountable sharp steps. The color is spectacular - an intense dark bluw color! No significant damages to report and very showy in several positions.

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