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Fluorite On Chalcopyrite

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Fluorite On Chalcopyrite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Description

A single 1.8cm dark purple translucent cuboctaheral crystal of fluorite sits in a bed of bright, lustrous chalcopyrite crystals and calcite from the infamous/famous Mount Lyell Mines at Queenstown.

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

Chalcopyrite

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

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