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Fluorite

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MGR987398

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Aiguille Verte, Argentière, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

What a beautiful matrix specimen from the French Alps. Pink fluorite in exceptional quality. The crystal cluster is perfectly balanced at the verry top of the specimen giving it an incredible fine visual appearence. The colour satturation of this example is just incredible fine, the deep pink colour is almost appearing deep red. Also the lustre is perfect at the crystals giving it the last cherry on the cacke in terms of perfection.

Mineral Data
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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