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Cyprine With Fluorite

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Cyprine With Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Øvstebø, Kleppan, Hjartdal, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
44.00gr
Description

Rich representative aggregate of deep blue cyprine crystals in a matrix that rich in purple fluorite. Cyprine was previously considered as a Cu-rich variety of vesuvianite, but since 2015 it is considered as a new species.

Acquired in 1985. Ex Dr. Bob Janssens #1037.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cyprine

Variety Of: 

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Øvstebø, Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway

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

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