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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

Beautiful gemmy and intense honey brown fluorite crystals on minor matrix from the famous Marienschacht mine near Wölsendorf in Bavaria, Germany.

The mine was closed in 1979 and produced some fantastic golden-brown fluorite specimen.

Fantastic specimen from Fritz Haller collection - acquired 1971

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