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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
El Hammam Mine, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5.5 × 4.3 cm
Description

One complete large cube set on several other crystals. They are all covered with sparkling tiny quartz crystals. The intense sea-green color of the fluorite crystals is shimmerimg through the quartz and gives a great visual impact to this very aesthetic piece from old discoveries.

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