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Fluorite On Magnesite

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Fluorite On Magnesite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

A cavity in massive magnesite is lined with translucent amber coloured bladed crystals of magnesite which in turn are studded with pale blue to colourless fluorite cubes.

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

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece
Earthstones Australia

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