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Zinnwaldite Fluorite & Quartz

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Zinnwaldite Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Zinnwald, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 6.6 × 6.3 cm
Weight: 
268.00gr
Description

Nice specimen of quartz crystals on and between zinnwaldite groups. Sometimes are still dark violet cubes of fluorite on the mica.

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

Quartz

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