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Fluorite

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Fluorite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Fichtelgebirge, Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 4 × 2 cm
Weight: 
35.00gr
Description

Piece of crystalline, very dark purple to black fluorite without defined crystal faces. "Stinkfluss" or "Stinkspat" is an old german designation which refers to the stinky smell it gives off. It is a variety of fluorite (especially from Wölsendorf, Germany) that emits an odor of HF and ozone upon grinding due to the internal presence of free fluorine and calcium and the interaction of components with water upon grinding. No significant radioactivity to be measured.

Comes with beautiful old label of an unknown collection. An interesting historic sample.

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

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