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Fluorite & Aragonite

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Fluorite & Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Among the top examples from a very small new find shows this rare style of fluorite from Lavrion. The crystals shows impressive phantoms and has a light bluish interior with purple outline. It has good clarity and cute frosty luster. Compared to this find that yielded mostly heavily damaged little specimens, this is in top condition. The back is contacted/broken off. The aragonite slice that is attached on the top face of the crystals adds aesthetics. An overall beautiful and unusual Lavrion fluorite specimen.

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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