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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mahodari, Sinnar, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.1 × 3.8 cm
Description

Isolated cluster of botryoidal fluorite from India. The balance and esthetics at this example is just incredible. The crystal cluster is perfectly exposed in the center of the matrix and the colour is a smooth mint green to yellow with a nice texture at the surface reminding of the skin of an orange.

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