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Fluorite Quartz

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Fluorite Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Vensat, Aigueperse, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8 × 14.3 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Well developed banded (containg violet zones) yellow crystals on pale amethyst surface. There is a wear in one crystal - however its non significant and on the edge of the specimen.

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

Quartz

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