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Fluorite With Galena

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Fluorite With Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Birkett Common Mine, Mallerstang, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

This is a rare location for British fluorite consisting of a nice association of colourless, transparent cubes sourounded with tan coloured barite crystals and a 1.0 cm galena crystal aesthetically perched on top.

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey
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