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Fluorite & Aragonite

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Fluorite & Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.6 × 8.8 × 6.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.40cm
Description

Fine, sizable fluorite specimen from Greece with very large crystals for the locality reaching an impressive 5.4cm on edge, partly covered with spheroids of contrasting white aragonite. The fluorite has frosty faces and pale purplish to very pale greenish color. The cleavage reveal the internal clarity of the crystals which is impressive for the size!

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

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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