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Fluorite With Malachite & Baryte

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Fluorite With Malachite & Baryte

Ex coll. Lehmann (CH)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Aouli, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
67.00gr
Description

Rich miniature consisting of fluorite cubes associated to green malachite sprays and some white baryte flakes. 
Fluorite is quite well defined, coated with some dark, probably Mn oxide, and nicely contrasts with malachite. Baryte crystals are mostly partial and contacted.

Former Swiss collection Lehmann, dated back to the late 80s-early 90s. Pasted handwritten label in German.

Pasted Label
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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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