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Quartz On Fluorite

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Quartz On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
South Crofty Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7 × 12 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Pretty specimen of crystalline fluorite to 2 cm overgrown with a carpet of tiny quartz crystals with micro crystalline chalcopyrite.

From the East Pool section, South Crofty Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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