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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Carricks Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.8 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Description

A very nice cluster of pale violet fluorite cubes partly covered with sparkling white quartz crystals from Armin Wendland 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

Quartz

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