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Fluorite With Calcite & Baryte

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Fluorite With Calcite & Baryte

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Sophia Mine, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
445.00gr
Description

Historic blue fluorite grown upon pink baryte and associated to cream calcite. Lustrous, with minimal bruising.

In pretty good conditions, it comes from a rather old (I suspect 100+ years old?) collection, most likly German or Swiss, given the handwritten label in German.

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

Baryte

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

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