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Fluorite & Andradite

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Fluorite & Andradite

ex collection J. Höppner
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Description
Locality: 
Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 7.8 × 5 cm
Weight: 
507.00gr
Description

A fluorite specimen from its type locality - full of pale blue, glossy and transparent crystals. Peeking through is a lawn of brown andradite crystals. Rare combination of fluorite and garnet, if the label is right ...

Has a few dings, but nothing too disturbing.

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

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

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