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Pyrite On Fluorite

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Pyrite On Fluorite

ex collection Schwanz
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Description
Locality: 
Silberberg, Todtnau, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

Oriented growth of glossy, brassy pyrite on zonar purple colored fluorite cubes. Very unique specimen from a lesser known, rarely offered Black Forest locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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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