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Fluorite & Galena

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Fluorite & Galena

Ex Dr Hartel Collection (Germany)
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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 10 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Description

Very beautiful and aesthetic old time fluorite specimen with a perfect galena crystal.

The specimen was obtained in the late 1970s by the famous collector Dr. Hartel.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey