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Fluorite Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Fluorite Calcite & Chalcopyrite

ex collection Schwanz
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Silberberg, Todtnau, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very rare locality offer: a beautiful specimen of greenish fluorite crystals, topped by very nice, white calcite- or aragonite crystal aggregates. a little chalcopyrite present.

The specimen is almost perfect, with only minor dings, a noticeable one at the bottom.

Any specimen from this locality is very rare - almost nothing offered.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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