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Hematite & Quartz Psm Fluorite

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Hematite & Quartz Psm Fluorite

ex Dr. F. Krantz (GER)
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Description
Locality: 
Dalton in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

This is a very nice specialty from Dalton in Furness in the former Lancashire and now Cumbria: a cubic crystal - fluorite or quartz pseudomorph after fluorite is covered by a thin layer of hematite and partly covered by more botryoidal hematite var kidney ore. With old label from Krantz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
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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