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Eisenkiesel On Fluorite

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Eisenkiesel On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Cäcilia Mine, Wölsendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 10 × 3.5 cm
Description

A very colorful and nice old specimen of red eisenkiesel covering green fluorite crystals.

Beautiful specimen from the famous historic Cäcilia fluorite mine (closed 1975) .

Ex Fritz Haller collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eisenkiesel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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