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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
West Pasture Mine, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

A single, sharp, transparent, pale peach coloured fluorite crystal (1.0 cm) sitting proud of nice a bed of reflective quartz.  Much brighter than the images suggest.

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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