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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Yongchun County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
22.00gr
Description

Neat example of this new fluorite found in November 2017. They are purple in warm white light and blue in daylight. The modified cubes are a dream to peek into and so gemmy they show the matrix shining through. Matrix is covered with lustrous quartz 

From a find near Quan Zhou city, November 2017.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White