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Fluorite Quartz Wolframite & Pyrite

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RBR116001

Fluorite Quartz Wolframite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Kara Oba, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 10 × 6 cm
Description

Wolframite up to 45mm, quartz up to 60mm, fluorite up to 30mm on edges - all scattered with micro-pyrite. The fluorite-octaedrons show purple to blue color and satiny luster. A very uncommon specimen - in this size and quality not so often seen.

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

Wolframite

Synonym Of: 

Hübnerite

Formula: 
MnWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Ferberite

Formula: 
FeWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Formula: 
(Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4 - 4.5
Colour: 
Greyish-black
Streak: 
Reddish Brown

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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