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Fluorite with Dolomite

#AH62269
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Fluorite from Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, United States - AH62269
Fluorite from Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, United States - AH62269

Fluorite with Dolomite

#AH62269
Availability
Sold
Size
7 x 7.5 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
CaF2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, United States

Colorless to light purple cubic crystals. The largest crystal is 3.5cm on edge. All crystals characteristically have a darker purple color and the corners are more transparent then the rest of the crystal. Limestone matrix with white Dolomite crystals. There is no damage except one of the smaller crystals at the base has been dinged. It's a pretty good specimen.

Fluorite

Formula
CaF2 
Crystal System
Isometric 
Crystal Habit
Crystalline - Coarse, Massive - Granular, Disseminated 
Cleavage
Three perfect, octahedral cleavages. 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
purple, clear, yellow, green, red, blue 
Streak
white 
Geological Setting
Occurs in a wide range of geologic environments including low temperature Missississippi Valley lead-zinc deposits, hydrothermal gold deposits, Alpine cleft metamorphic environments  
Class
Isometric - Hexoctahedral 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
4 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Arnold G Hampson Collection
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