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Fluorite With Ankerite

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Fluorite With Ankerite

Sutcliffe Ralph collection

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Description
Locality: 
Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8 × 13 × 4 cm
Description

Polished slice section of purple fluorite with ankerite on top from very classic English locality well known since XIX century. The mine closed in 1931.

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

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

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