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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

Ex Jacques Evlard Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7.8 × 5.8 cm
Description

A superfine specimen features a botryoidal aggregate consisting of numerous cubic, violet fluorite. The fluorite is well developed, sharp edged and mirror bright. The whole sphere is mostly undamaged,- also the more dull part is crystallized as well. Only a minor ding, visible with the microscope. A contrastful super piece in splendid condition and one of the best from this locale we ever handled.

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
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