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Fluorite & Arsenopyrite With Muscovite On Sphalerite

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Fluorite & Arsenopyrite With Muscovite On Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Yindu Deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Well balanced example of pink colour zoned cubic fluorite with arsenopyrite in association. Both sphalerite and arsenopyrite are rare for the location, there is a blue coating on the sphalerite that has not been identified.

Collected in 2019.

Note buyers are responsible for local taxes and fees.We are happy to combine shipping - you only pay the stated shipping fee for the first specimen, subsequent pieces are included free of shipping costs.

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

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0