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Fluorite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Burtree Pasture Mine, Cowshill, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2.6 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

Deep purple inter penetrant crystals to 1.8cm off matrix. Exceptionally large crystals for the locality with bevelled edges and a very interesting crystallisation pattern on the crystal faces. The crystals show strong UV fluorescence. Please note that the specimen is NOT wet in the photos. This is simply the reflective effect of the pattern on the crystal faces.

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

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