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Mimetite Fluorite & Baryte

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Mimetite Fluorite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 6.3 × 5 cm
Weight: 
381.00gr
Description

New Discovery of deep purple fluorite crystals (partly skeletal) with orange botryoidal mimetite on bladed creamy white baryte - from the famous locality Badenweiler. Only a handful of specimen were found. This is the best of only two specimen I got. Even though the baryte crystals are not in perfect condition (on none of those specimen), this is a very showy and rare specimen with beautiful colors.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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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