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Calcite On Fluorite

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Calcite On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Sierra Grande Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 5.5 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A fluorite cap from an earlier fluorite crystal. There are deep purple edges to otherwise clear fluorite crystals in masses of small crystals.

Scattered amongst the fluorite are small groups of white calcite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

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
Earthstones Australia

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