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Fluorite & Calcite

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Fluorite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.1 × 9.7 × 4.7 cm
Description

Main crystal is 36mm on edges. Old german classic and hard to obtain. Again an old specimen from the Götzendorfer collection. The faces are etched, the crystals show grey-blue colour. Some white calcite help to give contrast to the specimen. In good condition damage-wise. The former owner was Dr. Karl Götzendorfer, he was doctor of mineralogy and one of the prominent collectors in Austria.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White