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Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf East District (Wölsendorf - Nabburg District), Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Name:From the German for "stink" and "flow" in allusion to the odor and the nature as fluorite (Flusspath).
A variety of Fluorite

A variety of fluorite, especially from Wölsendorf, Germany, that emits an odor of HF and ozone upon grinding due to the internal presence of free fluorine and calcium and the interaction of components with water upon grinding.

Classification of Stink-fluss

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Other Names for Stink-fluss

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AntozoniteStinkspat
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References for Stink-fluss

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Hausmann (1847): 1441.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 29.

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    Canada
     
    • Ontario
      • Haliburton Co.
        • Cardiff Township
    		Pegmatite Minerals of Ontario and Quebec by Hugh Spence
    France
     
    • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
      • Var
        • Les Adrets
    		Self collected by S. MAURY
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Rankach valley
    		GRÖBNER, J, KOLITSCH, U. & BAYERL, R. (2005): Interessante Uranmineralien im Stinkspat der Grube Clara. Lapis 30 (10), 34-39; 90.
    • Bavaria
      • Upper Palatinate
        • Schwandorf
          • Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District
            • Wölsendorf East District (Wölsendorf - Nabburg District)
    		P Haas collection
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    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
    		Baumann, L., Kuschka, E. and Seifert, T. (2000): Lagerstätten des Erzgebirges. Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 159-169.
        • Schlema-Hartenstein District
          • Alberoda
    		Vollstädt,H. & Weiß,St. (1991): Mineralfundstellen Sächsisches Erzgebirge, München, S.26ff.
    Poland
     
    • Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie)
      • Kłodzko District
    		Sofia Mathauser's post at http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,153720,page=3
    Spain
     
    • Asturias
      • Ribadesella
        • Berbes Mining area
    		Manuel Gutierrez Claverol, Carlos Luque Cabal, Jose Ramon Garcia Alvarez and Luis Miguel Rodriguez Terente (2009) La Fluorita - un siglo de mineria en Asturias. p260.
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