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Fluorite & Calcite

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Fluorite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 6.6 × 3.6 cm
Description

This fine specimen features several, pale violet cubes of Fluorite scattered over a Calcite covered matrix. The Fluorite is well developed, sharp edged and lustrous. The transparency is good and there are only minor imperfection. Only in the periphery the specimen is not perfect. A good and classic Cumbrian piece.

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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