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Fluorite & Galena

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Fluorite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
West Pasture Mine, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Pale green cubic fluorite on a crust matrix with galena and transparent quartz crystals from an uncommon locality.

In good condition, this specimen was acquired in 1975 by Dr. Gerard Vogel.

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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