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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
10,000 Ritter Mine, Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm
Description

Great, very dark violet almost black, lustrous fluorite specimen with a yellow center! The cubes measure up to 1.7 cm. This well-formed fluorite cubes on matrix are associated with bright barites. The faces show a light square texture. It comes from the German locality “1000 Ritter” at Frohnau, Annaberg in Saxony. The specimen stands in the displayed position without any help. Very impressive with strong backlit!

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