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Quartz Epimorphs Psm Fluorite With Sphalerite

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Quartz Epimorphs Psm Fluorite With Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

An attractive little specimen with hollow epimorphs in quartz after cubic fluorite crystals which have at some point been dissolved out. Also present are numerous reflective, sphalerite crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Peter Crozier Minerals