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Eisenkiesel On Fluorite

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Eisenkiesel On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Roland Mine, Stulln, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7.5 × 4 cm
Description

A very attractive and good old time specimen from the famous Wölsendorf fluorite deposite in Bavaria, Germany.

Lustrous red eisenkiesel crystals partly covering light violet fluorite crystals.

Beautiful specimen from Armin Wendland collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eisenkiesel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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