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Schorl Muscovite Fluorite & Dolomite

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Schorl Muscovite Fluorite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm
Description

Unusual schorl groups occuring as radial spray around a central crystal, looking like pine trees, with muscovite books, reddish dolomite and the odd fluorite 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
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