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MGR189884

Fluorite

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Locality: 
Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.4 × 9 × 10.1 cm
Description

This is a very large, complete example of an unusually aesthetic large piece for this locality. Note the heavy etching. It is a miracle that any crystal this large survived in the pocket, with such natural dissolution effects going on during its lifetime! The etching is so extreme that is attractive rather than ugly or jarring, creating a unique look to these fluorites compared to your "standard" purple fluorite. In person, the light sparkles and reflects of myriad subtle small faces that the camera cannot easily capture, and so it is even more sparkly in person. Also it is very rare to get such large crystals set on matrix. I show some detail shots with backlit, to show internal color. No significent damages to report and very eye-catching in several positions.

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