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Fluorite on Quartz with Pyrite from Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan, China

 
Fluorite on Quartz with Pyrite from Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan, China

Fluorite on Quartz with Pyrite from Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 48754
Mineral:Fluorite on Quartz with Pyrite
Locality:Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan, China
Description:Transparent cubo-octahedral purple fluorite crystals to 20 mm with lustrous translucent colorless quartz crystals to 6 mm and scattered yellow-metallic cubic pyrite crystals to 1.5 mm. The fluorite surfaces are composed of smaller parallel cubic faces.
Overall Size:7.5x5x4 cm
Crystals:0.5-20.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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