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Fluorite & Sphalerite

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Fluorite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Anna und Altväter Mine, Rothenfurth, Großschirma, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 5.1 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A very rare specimen from the old classic Anna und Alväter Mine in Rothenfurth near Freiberg, Saxony with a good coverage of lustrous dark brown to black sphalerite crystals up to 5 mm and several lustrous yellow fluorite crystals up to 4 mm.

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
Cartils Minerals

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