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Fluorite Quartz & Hematite

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MGR983630

Fluorite Quartz & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Hermine Mine, Lissenthan, Nabburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 7.5 × 3.9 cm
Description

Awesome cluster of fluorite from the Hermine Mine in Germany. The greenish to yellow crystals show a fine translucence and they are almost completely covered in a sparkling layer of hundrets of tiny, partially hematite included, quartz crystals which give a fantastic visual appearence to the specimen.

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0