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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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.5 × 4.6 cm
Description

Here you see a fine combo with light violet, cubed Fluorite and disc-shaped, but multifaceted, sharp and transparent Calcite. The Fluorite is also well developed, sharp edged and highly lustrous. A good and contrastful, classic Cumbrian specimen with only minor imperfection.

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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