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Calcite On Fluorite

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Calcite On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Wolkenstein, Marienberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Rare locality, and it´s not often, that you get such an exact description of the locality. From an old collection. The calcite, Var. Kanonenspat, are dark yellow and up to 14mm. Some yellow fluorites are covered from by calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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

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