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Quartz Psm Fluorite & Orthoclase

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Quartz Psm Fluorite & Orthoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

Superficially purple colored octahedrons of quartz, replacing fluorite on massive baryte. Some old, healed damage - very common for this material. The orange material is surely paradoxite (= orthoclase), not baryte as written on the old label.

Very rare and notable crystal size.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
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

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White

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