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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Wölsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.2 × 13.6 × 3.8 cm
Description

Fine cluster of golden-yellow fluorite from Germany. Nearly all of the crystals edges are covered in numerous tiny red quartz crystals which gives an awesome contrast to the specimen.

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