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Arsenopyrite & Fluorite

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Arsenopyrite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A very fine specimen from the Yaogangxian Mine with a rich coverage of lustrous tin-white well-formed arsenopyrite crystals up to 1 cm and purple zoned fluorite crystals up to 8 mm on matrix. Sawn backside.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

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

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
Cartils Minerals

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