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Fluorite & Calcite

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Fluorite & Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Berta, El Papiol, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Weight: 
32.00gr
Description

Spectacular sample of green octahedra fluorite crystals and calcite crystal over granite matrix from this classic quarry nowaday closed.

This fluorite has an intense fluorescence under ultraviolet light, even in broad daylight, as you can see in one of the photos.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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