Detailed information
Species
Scheelite, Zinnwaldite
Dimensions
53 x 49 x 27
mm
Locality
Cínovec/Zinnwald, Erzgebirge Krusné Hory, Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia) Germany & Czech Republic
Condition
No recorded repairs
A fan-like spray of 'hexagonal' platy Zinnwaldite crystals (a series of mica covering everything between Siderophyllite and Polylithionite) is almost entirely coated on one side with fawn, or toffee-coloured intergrown octahedral crystals of Scheelite to around 3 mm. A fine large miniature specimen from the Cinovec/Zinnwald mining area that straddles the Czech and German border, but the precise mine is not known. Classic material.