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Fluorite Siderite Clinochlore & Chalcopyrite

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Fluorite Siderite Clinochlore & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm
Description

A superbly complex specimen with several generations of growth and mineral deposition. At the core of this specimen we have well formed translucent rhombs of calcite studded along the crystal edges with chalcopyrite, then a rich mixture of fluorite and clinochlore with some small quartz crystals included with clinochlore and haematite.

An attractive miniature from a classic Australian locality

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

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Brinton's Quarry, West Chester, Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
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