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Fluorite & Baryte

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Fluorite & Baryte

ex collection Stephan Bathen
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Description
Locality: 
Bergheim, Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 9.5 × 7.5 cm
Weight: 
664.00gr
Description

Very good, big specimen with pale purple fluorite and white, bladed baryte crystals. After being used for waste disposal the quarry was filed and made into a vineyard some years ago. Only a few acceptable pieces appear now and then from old collections. Has ony minor unnoticeable dings. Crystals on two sides. Bottom sawn.

Locality not far from Sainte-Marie aux Mines.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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