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Quartz With Fluorite

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Quartz With Fluorite

ex Norbert Stötzel, ex Mineralienkabinett Rhein-Ruhr
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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 6.3 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.40cm
Description

Nice specimen with milky quartz crystals to 3.4 cm. The quartz is partial overgrown with small violet cubes of fluorite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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