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Fluorite With Quartz

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Fluorite With Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Two beautiful fluorite cubes (slightly modified) interprenetrated and perched on top of a quartz-rich matrix. The outer part is purple, while the core of the crystals is transparent, showing the matrix underneath. 

Moderate lustre for the crystals, that show good growth patterns on their faces.

A nice miniature from this classic Italian locality.

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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