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Fluorite & Quartz

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Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Yindu Deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

Intensely etched fluorite in combination with quartz crystals from Yindu, Inner Mongolia. This piece has its own charm: shiny etched faces with individual transparent quartz crystals in between. The piece shows good transparency and with low LED backlit you can see the color zones particularly well. The color zones are predominantly violet, in between there are also red shades and almost colorless areas. Crystallized as floater - etched or healed all around - no fresh breaks. First, third, fourth and sixth photo with lowest LED backlit.

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