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Fluorite & Schorl

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Fluorite & Schorl

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Description
Locality: 
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.3 × 4.8 cm
Description

What a crazy assemble! The base is a sharp terminated, highly lustrous schorl crystal - at the top you can see uncountable tiny fluorite crystals in light green color. It really looks like one of these baobab-trees in the African savanna - which perfectly fits to where it came from. Rotated to the right hand side you can see a cavity insdie the schorl with some snowy white feldspat crystals inside. A very uncommon and remarkable specimen from a recent, small discovery at Erongo Mountains.

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

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0