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Fluorite Quartz & Calcite

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RBR191255

Fluorite Quartz & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Nikolayevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

That's a very nice specimen with isolated, free standing and waterclear fluorite. The crystals are very well arranged on a matrix of quartz with some orange calcite. The specimen is in very good condition. It's hard to take photos of it and much better in person.

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

Calcite

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

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