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Fluorite & Sphalerite

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RBR59700

Fluorite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Corvara Mine, Pénnes Valley, Sarentino Valley, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

Some complex intergrown, white to clear, undamaged fluorites up to 3 cm on a matrix of mainly sphalerite (also the green variety smaragdblende).

The fluorites are completely undamaged with stepped surfaces.

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

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