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Dolomite

Ex Dr. O. Schmidt, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Weight: 
82.00gr
Description

A lustrous single crystal of so-called 'Perlspath' which is a synonym for dolomite or ankerite.

Comes with beautiful old label from the former collection of metallurgical plant director Dr. O. Schmidt, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany. He deaceased 1923 or 1924, the collection (appr. 1200 specimens) was sold to the city of Bergisch-Gladbach in 1925, used as teaching resources in a secondary school then. In 2016, after several movements, the remainders of the collection were sold to in order to support the city's fossil collection.

The label states 'Perlspath = bunt angelaufener Braunspath' (Pearl spath = colorfully tarnished brown spath) - see pics 7 & 8. 'Braunspath = CaOCO2 + MgOCO2 mit kleinen Mengen (with small amounts of) FeOCO2 + MnOCO2'

Braunspat = ankerite or Fe2+-rich dolomite or siderite, Linck I.3, 3299 (1927).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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Germany (trackable & insured, up to 5 kg)
7
EU countries (trackable, up to 2 kg)
13
Switzerland and UK (trackable, up to 2 kg)
18
Rest of World (trackable, up to 2 kg)
22.50

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