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Arsenopyrite With Fluorite

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Arsenopyrite With Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 5 × 3.3 cm
Weight: 
129.00gr
Description

Aggregate of arsenopyrite crystals with curved faces showing stepped growth, intense metallic lustre and good terminations. The group is associated to creamy white clusters of phyllosilicates, cubic purple-blue fluorite and minor quartz are crystals.

Found in 2010. Ex Alain Carion specimen.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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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