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Fluorite & Calcite

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Fluorite & Calcite

Ex The Lee's Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Rosiclare District, Hardin County, Illinois, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 5.2 × 3.2 cm
Description

A handsized, bi-colored,  fluorite specimen from the famous Rosiclare Sub-District of Illinois. Glassy, highly lustrous, translucent fluorite cubes  with pretty, light amber interiors with striking light purple rims. The cubes have striking, rippled/stepped-growth faces and are heavily festooned with twinned scalahedral calcite 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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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