Quartz, Calcite, Fluorite

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Locality: Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

A floater crystal of double terminated quartz is partially coated with a sandy coloured calcite skin. On the top side panels are three groups of frosted blue white stepped fluorite - one of these has a slight dark grey sulphide inclusion (unidentified.)

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