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Fluorite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Malwine Shaft, Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Description

A cluster of black crystallized fluorite which is called "stinkspat" due to the content of uraniumpitchblende which radioactivity causes the release of native fluor that is "stinking". The raioactivity causes also internal tensions to the crystals which mekes them chipping the edges, what can be seen at this sample. The fluorite is partially coated with golden metallic pyrite. A classic.

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110