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Baryte & Fluorite

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Baryte & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Anton Mine, Heubach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 6.5 × 6.5 cm
Description

A sphere of snowy white barite set on fluorite. Fluorite shows grey color with touch of violet. The assemble is aesthetic, material from this locality is rare and hard to obtain. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
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