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Calcite Fluorite & Quartz

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Calcite Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Tulloch Silver Mine, Rockvale, Clarke County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 8.6 × 4.9 cm
Description

A carbonated rich rib of ore containingcontaining chalcopyrite and sphalerite has been covered with clear quartz crystals and pale blue fluorite crystals onto which highly twinned calcite crystals have grown.

The Tulloch Ag Mine was worked in the 1970's and has now long since been abandoned, located near Armidale in the New England district of New South Wales

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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