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Fluorite With Baryte

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Fluorite With Baryte

Col. Guillert.
Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.4 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Exceptional specimen of fluorite from this classic French mine. It shows a group of cubic crystals, interpenetrating, brilliant, intense yellow-orange, translucent to transparent and tiled growths on their faces. It is accompanied by barite tabular crystals. A French classic with a brightness and superior quality for the locality. With old label from Guillert collection.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
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