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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hermine Mine, Lissenthan, Nabburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 12 × 7.5 cm
Description

This is an exceptional piece of this famous - and closed - location.
Crystals up to 1 cm on edge, most of the crystals show an excellent luster, one side of the crystals is covered with red Hematite, about 50 percent of the crystals.
One photo shows the specimen with artificial backlight. Daylight backlight shows a fascinating green, under artificial backlight (4500 K) the green becomes a bit yellowish.
The piece is in excellent condition, backside 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

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