Mineral: Calcite, Baryte, Quartz
Locality: Felsenschlag, Gehlberg, Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
Dimensions: 5 x 4 cm

Description: The Felsenschlag area is known mostly for thunder egg agates. Calcite is not a very common mineral there. This specimen shows a 3 cm crystal group with baryte which is very fine for the locality. The specimen used to belong to the Noske collection, the 17.000 pieces were mostly donated to the Hamburg University.

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