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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 9 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

A beautiful example of this new habit from China, with raspberry-purple crystals of high translucency and vivid color saturation.

Many specimens are massive, but this plate is thin enough that much more light than usual comes through the quartz to highlight the fluorites as well.

Very attractive specimen from Armin Wendland collection

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