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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm
Description

A rare, showy and excellent large, sculptural combination plate hosting numerous gemmy and lustrous, color-zoned fluorite cubes. There are associated numerous groups of quartz clusters,  very interestingly, many if not most of the quartz crystals are sceptered.

 

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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