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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
10,000 Ritter Mine, Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm
Description

Awesome cluster of deep purple coloured fluorite from Germany. The crystals reach a size of up to 25mm on the edges and at some areas you can nicely see the reddish-orange to yellow coloured fluorite underneath the purple layer. The faces show a fine lustre too.

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