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Annabergite & Fluorite

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Annabergite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Pale green deposits of annabergite with a small group of fluorite crystals to one side.

There have been very few specimens of annabergite from this locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Annabergite

Formula: 
Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Teichgräber Flacher vein, Teichgräber deep adit, Kippenhain Mine (Kippenhayn Mine), Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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
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