Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Graphite With Asbestos

Views:
Watches:
NST610049

Graphite With Asbestos

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Kaisersberg, Leoben, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Description

Older specimen of pure graphite with asbestos veins from Kaisersberg. Mining activities date back to 1755. Representative display specimen with handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Graphite

Formula: 
C
Strunz: 
1.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0