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Quartz With Fluorite

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Quartz With Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
176.00gr
Description

A locality specimen from this old Cornish mine comprising clear euhedral quartz crystals over very pale green fluorite all sat on a layer of micro quartz crystals.  No damage to the quartz but the fluorite is naturally etched and there are a few cleaved corners.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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

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