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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Blackdene Mine, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Fluorite cubes with high clarity and an attractive soft lilac colour on a quartz matrix. A lovely specimen from a less frequently offered British location.

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
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