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Fluorite On Albite

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CR545955

Fluorite On Albite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Strzegom, Strzegom-Sobótka Massif, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 2.5 cm
Description

This is a fantastic old specimen with a wonderful old handwritten label.

Pale purple and gemmy fluorite crystals on a bed of albite crystals from the famous pegmatite in Poland.

 

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden