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Eisenkiesel On Fluorite

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Eisenkiesel On Fluorite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Heißer Stein Mine, Stulln, Wölsendorf West, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Nice old time eisenkiesel specimen on fluorite from the classic and long closed Heißer Stein mine near Wölsendorf in Bavaria, Germany.

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