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Fluorite & Smoky Quartz

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Fluorite & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Deqing County, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 8.3 × 3.9 cm
Description

The fluorite crystals are all very glossy and sharp terminated. They show intense dark blue color with some green and even violet internal zonings. This group is set on a single smoky quartz at the lower base. Hard to photograph, - the diversity and the different steps of color are better visible in person.

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

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0