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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Akchatau Mine, Akchatau, Shet, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm
Description

What a combination. Two quartz crystals partly covered in deepest purple fluorite from Kazakhstan. On top there are some octahedric fluorite crystals as well.

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