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Eisenkiesel On Fluorite

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Eisenkiesel On Fluorite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Wölsenberg, Nabburg, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.5 × 2 cm
Description

This is a very nice and old eisenkiesel specimen from the famous fluorite mining area in Bavaria, Germany.

It comes with an fantastic old label.

Ex Alex Franz collection and label.

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