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Quartz & Fluorite

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Quartz & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Dörfel Quarry, Dörfel, Schlettau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.9 × 5.8 × 5.5 cm
Description

A huge milky quartz with interesting texture with a few small light green, modified fluorite crystals on it. Material from the locality shows a great diversity and is very hard to obtain and much more rare than from other prominent localities in the area. Field collectings is prohibited at the quarry, most material is from old finds and quantity was always low. 

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