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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Orange River, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 3.8 × 2.4 cm
Description

Just look at  this fantastic and colorful combination! Several different colored fluorite crystals which nearly totally overgrow a quartz crystal matrix. There is even some hematite present which gives the deep red core. Minor backlight was used to make this asemble of colors better visible.

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