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Quartz On Fluorite

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Quartz On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19 × 10 × 6 cm
Weight: 
1 225.00gr
Description

Common quartz specimen from the Clara mine are quite rare. This one is very tightly packed with hundreds of glossy quartz crystals with hematite inclusions. Some greeen and purplish fluorite crystals on the back.

Except for two dings in the lower right the specimen is absolutely fine and could be trimmed to perfect.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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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