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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

A sparkling cluster of fluorite on quartz from the Chillagoe mining District.

This specimen came from the Chris parkinson Collection ( Sydney) and was acquired in January 1988. The fluorites are well formed octahedra with cubes at the peaks and the whole specimen is dusted very lightly with sparkling micro quartz crystals.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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