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Fluorite Sphalerite Quartz & Calcite

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Fluorite Sphalerite Quartz & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Tulloch Silver Mine, Rockvale, Clarke County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 5.3 × 4.1 cm
Description

An interesting specimen from the Tulloch Ag Mine, with lusterous flattened black sphalerite crystals with small chalcopyrite crystals, quartz, calcite and some pale blue fluorite.

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Quartz

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

Calcite

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