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Fluorite & Baryte

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Fluorite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 8 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

A very aesthetic one with many fluorite cubes transparent and very glossy - the bigger one shows a little bit of yellow - the edges are yellow as you can see on the fotos.

On two sites a little bit of gray barite; the fluorite is covered with ..chalcopyrite??

One of the big cubes shows only a small chip on one corner - hard to see!

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White