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Fluorite & Galena

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Fluorite & Galena

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Quarry Hills Vein, Newlandside, Stanhope, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 4 cm
Weight: 
223.00gr
Description

A lovely example of violet fluorite crystals sitting in a cavity in galena matrix. A pair of nice penetration twinned fluorite crystals sit atop a slightly larger crystal. The crystals also display a nice, slight orange hue. Definitely a very unusual specimen from the locality. LC

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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