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Fluorite With Galena & Sphalerite

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Fluorite With Galena & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 3.7 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
168.00gr
Description

Unusual hydrothermal druzy of blue fluorite associated to dark brown sphalerite and grey metallic cubeoctahedral galena on granite matrix from this classic Alpine locale. 

Otherwise known for its myarolitic minerals, rare hydrothermal veins have occasionally been spotted in the outskirts of Baveno. This specimen is a rather large specimen of this kind.

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

Sphalerite

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

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