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Fluorite

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MGR884233

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
El Hammam Mine, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.2 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

This is old material from around 2011/12 - the translucency of these crystals is very good - they don´t need any backlight. Their centers show green to bluegreen color and along all edges you can see a sharp yellow zoning. The assemble of this piece looks very tri-dimensional and aesthetic. The quantity of this discovery was low and sice over an decade nothing similar came up. 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