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Witherite & Fluorite

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Witherite & Fluorite

ex Krantz (no label)
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Description
Locality: 
Alston Moor, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

Nice older UK classic from the Pennines: tan whiteish crystallized witherite with stepped faces is accompanied by pale purplish fluorite cubes grown in the vein matrix. From an Alston Moor suite at Krantz, no specific mine is given.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Witherite

Formula: 
BaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

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

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Best regards Roger