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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 5.9 × 5 cm
Description

The crystals are very transparent - the second photo was done without back-light. And the two other ones only need minor backlight. The most amazing indicator is the color - I have to note that it is much better in person; the camera wasn´t able to capture all these steps of blue and blue-green. The crystals are a combination of hexaedron and octahedron, they are up to 25mm on edges and the faces are very lustrous. No significant damages to report, back-side was on the rock.

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