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Fluorite & Sphalerite

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RBR29929

Fluorite & Sphalerite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 16 × 8.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A large specimen from the classic location near Freiberg.

The front surface consists of light blue fluorite (up to 2 cm). Some of them are very clear and only two crystals are damaged!

You also can find some small crystals of red sphalerite on it.

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0