Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Fluorite Galena & Quartz

Views:
Watches:
CLB182518

Fluorite Galena & Quartz

Fluorescent

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5.3 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.30cm
Description

Greenish blue main fluorite crystal of 5.3 cm with satellite crystal plus some galena and little quartz crystals. Not in perfect shape but rather nice. From an old collection.

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

Quartz

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

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps