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Sphalerite & Fluorite

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Sphalerite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Ferdinand Shaft, Rothenfurth, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 9.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

A very good old classic piece from Freiberg with a rich coverage of small lustrous orange-brown sphalerite crystals and yellow fluorite cubes on matrix. Great piece, collected in 1975.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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
Cartils Minerals

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