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Baryte Fluorite & Marcasite

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Baryte Fluorite & Marcasite

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Description
Locality: 
Detzeln, Wadshut-Tiengen, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm
Description

Beautiful sample of golden gemmy baryte on a 'carpet' of colorless fluorite. Some marcasite crystals are also present.

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5