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Fluorite Chalcopyrite Quartz & Calcite

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Fluorite Chalcopyrite Quartz & Calcite

Ex Don Belsher

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Description
Locality: 
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very fine purple cluster of cubic fluorite crystals resting on a sulphide matrix with dozens of shiny chalcopyrite crystals present on some faces and as inclusions.

 The hundreds of small quartz points adds a pretty accent to the piece as well as the fluorescent under orange UV illumination calcite.

Beautiful specimen from the Don Belsher collection with labels.

 

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

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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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