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Carlhintzeite

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Carlhintzeite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.6 × 2 cm
Description

White to solourless tabular crystals of carlhintzeite on Rockbridgeite matrix with minor strengite crystals.

Carlhintzeite is one of the rarest minerals from the famous phosphate pegmatite in Bavaria, Germany.

Ex Dr. Hartel collection, Germany

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carlhintzeite

Formula: 
Ca2[AlF6]F·H2O
Strunz: 
3.CB.45
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany