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Calcite On Fluorite

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Calcite On Fluorite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Galena King Mine, Coyote Canyon, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

An unusual New Mexico specimen from the collection ofFrank Hissong Collection, from a little-known locality the Galena King or Octaroon mine in the Manzano Mountains. A series of cubic crystals of purple fluorite with intricate stepping, with a partial covering of what is probably hematite-included calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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