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Fluorite With Dolomite & Chalcopyrite

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Fluorite With Dolomite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Bäuerin Mine, Schottenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 8.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

It is a yellow fluorite overgrowing with dolomite and golden chalcopyrite. The fluorite crystals are up to about 1.2 cm. The fluorite is from Bäuerin Mine in Frohnau near Annaberg in the Ore Mountains.

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Mineex

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