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Fluorite With Smithsonite

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Fluorite With Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Water-clear fluorite cubes on fluorite/galena/baryte matrix with small clusters of pale brownish smithsonite dotted on top. A rarely seen location for both species. 

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

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
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