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Marcasite On Fluorite

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Marcasite On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 5.1 × 2.4 cm
Description

A rich coating of metallic brassy marcasite over a group of medium blue fluorite crystals from the defunct tin mine at Mount Cleveland in Tasmania

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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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