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Fluorite On Zinnwaldite

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Fluorite On Zinnwaldite

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Description
Locality: 
Cínovec/Zinnwald, Teplice, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.8 × 3 cm
Description

Deep violet fluorite cubes on a matrix of zinnwaldite crystals with minor quartz crystals.

Very old specimen from the famous locale in Bohemia.

Ex Fritz Haller collection.
 

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