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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

Taken out March 2005
Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Pella, Orange River, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Weight: 
122.00gr
Description

This is a very fine specimen with some yellow cristals with green centres on quartz.  Very little of this came out.   Taken out in March 20005 

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