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Fluorite With Valencianite & Quartz

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Fluorite With Valencianite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8.5 × 3.1 cm
Weight: 
200.00gr
Description

Sharp milky white crystals adularia (variety valencianite) partially coated by transparent quartz crystals and some purple rounded fluorite crystals. Fluorite from the Valenciana mine is very  scarce and highly sought-after by fluorite collectors. This specimen has a very good size, in very good condition, and is representative for the paragenesis.

Acquired in the late 1980’s, it is and Ex Roger Leemans specimen.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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

Valencianite

Variety Of: 

Adularia

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6 Ortho - clase
Hardness: 
0.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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