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Smoky Quartz Fluorite & Molybdenite

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FRN94419

Smoky Quartz Fluorite & Molybdenite

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Description
Locality: 
Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm
Description

Three terminated intergrowth dark smoky quartz with a small amount feldspar matrix. One phantom octahedral fluorite set on the side of the dark smoky quartz and metallic blades of molybdenite attached on the bottom of the quartz crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

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

Molybdenite

Formula: 
MoS2
Strunz: 
2.EA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
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