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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Fond des Vaulx Quarry, Wellin, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A yellow fluorite crystal showing thin purple phantom lines inside. Sitting in a vug coated with marcasite, calcite and baryte. Comparing to the purple fluorites, yellow crystals are really rare at the site.

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