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Fluorite Galena & Baryte

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Fluorite Galena & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 4.5 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Both sides are covered with good crystals -some are clear transparend others are opaque; the color goes from transparent to a very light violet.

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Baryte

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