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Carlhintzeite

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Carlhintzeite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

This mineral is extremely rare in Hagendorf. The specimen shows translucent white carlhintzeite crystals on rockbridgeite.
The previous owner was H. Kastning, after whom the mineral Kastningite is named.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carlhintzeite

Formula: 
Ca2[AlF6]F·H2O
Strunz: 
3.CB.45
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany