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Ferberite & Fluorite With Muscovite

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Ferberite & Fluorite With Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri , Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm
Description

A chain of pale blue to purplish fluorite cubes snakes its way across a cluster of tan coloured muscovite crystals that are also studded with lustrous black ferberite crystals.

Acquired in 1986 from P Foa, Kovac's Melbourne

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferberite

Formula: 
FeWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Niña Mine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas del Almanzora (Cuevas de Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
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