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Fluorite Baryte & Calcite

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Fluorite Baryte & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Crich Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

40% reduction. Small but glassy clear fluorite crystals with what i like to describe as an interesting and not unattractive Ink splatter effect. The barite shows salmon-pink colouring and also delicate white cockscombs. Also small dog-tooth calcites, with micro spot inclusions. An interesting specimen from a less common British locality.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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