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Fluorite With Galena

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Fluorite With Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 10.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

The fluorite are up to 35mm on edges, galena up to 25mm. Along the edges fluorite and galena-crystals are partly framed with tiny, sparkling quartz-crystals.

The fluorite is very lustrous and shows grey-blue color. The galena shows a satin lustre. This is a historic piece, mined in 1906 – labelled backside. Ex Martin Gruell Coll.

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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