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Calcite With Fluorite

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Calcite With Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Whiteman Creek, Fintry, British Columbia, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Very unusual calcite polyhedroid with fluorite from a low elevation vein in granite at Whiteman Creek. The calcite is platy and tightly packed layers in three directions forming a triangular shape. Have found similar calcite on the Purple 1 claim but not as well formed as this specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

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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