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Fluorite On Sturtite

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Fluorite On Sturtite

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Description
Locality: 
North Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

A piece of garnet sandstone is covered with sturtite and this has then been decorated with hundreds of clear fluorite octahedra.
Fluorite in good crystals is extremely rare from Broken Hill and this is a fine example with only a small area of attachment , this specime is covered with individual crystals on all sides except the base

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
Earthstones Australia

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