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Fluorite On Quartz

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Fluorite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Horní Slavkov, Sokolov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 7.7 × 6 cm
Weight: 
290.00gr
Description

Here is an old European classic featuring numerous purple-coloured cubic crystals of fluorite and some pyrite, on a matrix of whitish-grey crystallized quartz. Fluorite from the area is extremely rare in collections, especially in this size.

Ex Chris Deroo collection.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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

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