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Fluorite & Epidote

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Fluorite & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Holsfjorden Tunnel, Asker, Viken, Norway
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

On a lawn of highly transparent epidote crystals an 0.4 cm, purple coloured fluorite octahedron is set. Found during tunnel works.

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

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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