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Fluorite With Quartz & Baryte

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SPH164517

Fluorite With Quartz & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Aouli, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 11.7 × 6.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.50cm
Description

A very fine Fluorite specimen with great luster and a clear yellow color, covered with numerous doubly-terminated quartz crystals. Very impressive in person.

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

Baryte

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