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Pyrite On Fluorite

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Pyrite On Fluorite

Ex Joan Lamond Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

An unusual specimen of fluorite from Mount Garnet in that this specimen is not partially covered by quartz as is the norm for this location.

This miniature is made up of a series of intergrown sea green fluorite crystals that have a dusting of micro pyrite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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
Earthstones Australia

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