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Hematite Psm Calcite & Fluorite

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Hematite Psm Calcite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Interesting example of hematite and quartz perimorph after calcite and partly overgrown by violet fluorites.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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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