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Fluorite In Quartz

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Fluorite In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Amborompotsy, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Description

Purple octahedral crystals of fluorite included in a prismatic crystal of quartz. From a single find in 2005 in Amborompotsy (Madagascar), the specimen has a very good size for the locality. Beautiful!, it is mounted on a methacrylate socle.

Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens specimen, #1645.

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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