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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Esperanza Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 6 × 3.5 cm
Description

An aesthetic, highly lustrous, translucent, violet-zoned fluorite. In daylight as backlit the color is dark violet, but with LED-backlit it shows its real beauty and displays its true fire: an intense and amazing lavender color. This sample is also characterized by its high luster. The faces are mirror-shiny with a very good square texture. No significant damage to report; backside was extracted from the rock. The second photo was taken with LED-light as backlit and the first one with daylight as backlit. An appealing piece of fine quality!

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