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Fluorite With Jamesonite Inclusions

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Fluorite With Jamesonite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

A very unusual yet attractive specimen of colourless fluorite cubes which are heavily included with masses of jamesonite needles. More un-included jamesonite crystals can be seen scattered around the matrix. Also present:- dolomite and a couple of iridescent chalcopyrite crystals.

 

Condition
General: 
Locality Specimen
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

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK
Peter Crozier Minerals