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Fluorite In Calcite

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Fluorite In Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Konnerudkollen Mines, Konnerud, Drammen, Viken, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Bright lustrous purple fluorite crystals with cube and dodecahedral faces, on a matrix of white scalenohedral calcite, quartz and pyrite.

Rare locality in collections because these fluorites have been found in small quantities. Collected by J.Sibtsen in 1975-77.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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