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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Racketgill Mine, Hudeshopeburn, Middleton In Teesdale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4 × 11 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Matrix of ironstone showing galena veining. The fluorite crystals are pale purple and slightly frosted, a few of the crystals are elongated, others are partially overgrown by iron stained quartz which provides an attractive combination. There is some damage to the fluorite with several corners missing but a pretty specimen from an unusual location.

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

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