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Carpholite With Fluorite

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Carpholite With Fluorite

ex coll. Uta Müller
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Description
Locality: 
Horní Slavkov, Sokolov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.3 × 3.1 cm
Description

Straw-golden sheaves of satin-luster carpholite (type locality) with dark purple fluorite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carpholite

Formula: 
Mn2+Al2(Si2O6)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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

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