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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Buller, Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Pale to dark purple fluorite crystals showing good colour zoning lining cavities in heamatite rich quartx matrix.

Good example for this location.

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