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Fluorite With Byssolite & Chalcopyrite On Calcite

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PMN753160

Fluorite With Byssolite & Chalcopyrite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Weight: 
38.00gr
Description

Partiallly cleaved pink Fluorite on calcite from the new find at Huanguang. Good saturation for the find and medium lustre. Interesting are the byssolite needles that are captured inside the fluorite as well as the dark black patina on the chalcopyrite. - not it is cleaved - not complete, but still nice to present.

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

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White