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Quartz Calcite Chalcopyrite & Fluorite

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Quartz Calcite Chalcopyrite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 17.9 × 10.5 cm
Weight: 
1 268.00gr
Description

Aesthetic specimen from Morocco with a beautiful association of quartz in a myriad of crystals of excellent brightness in the rare pale blue color, sparkling chalcopyrite, snow white calcite in foliaceus crystals anf fluorite in some cubic crystals in a delicate pale aqua blue color

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Chalcopyrite

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

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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