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Fluorite & Siderite

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Fluorite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 4.6 × 4.5 cm
Description

Transparent purple cuboctahedral fluorite crystals with golden bladed siderite crystals on matrix from the old days at the Mount Bischoff Tin Deposit. In its hayday the mine was considered to be one of the world s richest tin deposits.

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
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