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Fluorite

Ex Steve Smale Collection (USA)

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Description
Locality: 
Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm
Description

Two intergrown, large octahedrons of light green fluorite, one of them 5 cm across, with good transparency. There is a bit of contact around the bottom periphery but the crystals are complete.

From the collection of noted collector Steve Smale.

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
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