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Fluorite Galena Pyrite & Calcite

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Fluorite Galena Pyrite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.4 × 1.9 cm
Description

Very interesting specimen with colorless, waterclear fluorite crystals with stepped growth patterns and chamferred edges, associated with galena, parite and calcite crystals.

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Calcite

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

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