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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Bergmännisch Glück Mine, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

This extraordinary piece comes from a find from the Bergmännisch Glück Mine (2020). The fluorite catches the eye with its intense iridescent chalcopyrite. The colors go from golden yellow to purple and blue. The fluorite - on which the chalcopyrite are - shows silky, shiny, slightly etched faces with a reddish gray to silver color. This dark gray color with the silver areas is stunning in combination with the chalcopyrite. With backlit, the fluorite shows a light lilac to yellow color with light violet and blue zones on the edges. The fluorite is healed and finely crystallized on the back.

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