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Fluorite & Malachite

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Fluorite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Is Murvonis Mine, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.1 × 11.1 × 4.3 cm
Description

This is really an out-standing rarity! Fluorite from Sardinia is very hard to obtain - and this is not just a sample! This large piece of matrix is completely covered with light lavender crystals, they show excellent luster and a wonderful texture, which looks like countless thiny squares. And as cherry on the cake you can see several tiny spheres of malachite. The specimen is in fine condition damage-wise.

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0