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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Orange River, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4.6 × 4.3 cm
Description

This awesome fluorite crystal on matrix shows really nice deep purple zonings at the edges. The crystal itself is grass green. Set in top of full crystallized quartz matris this is a real eye catcher. Usually the area produce octahedral crystals - there was only one isolated discovery decades ago that produced cubic crystals in such remarkable dimension - until today this material is unique!

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