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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Esperanza Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 9.7 × 4.3 cm
Description

An aesthetic plate of highly lustrous, translucent, color-zoned fluorite. The color is dark blue, but with backlit it shows an amazing electric blue color. The faces are mirror finished with a very good square texture. The specimen stands in this position without any help. Undamaged, backside was extracted from the rock. First and second photo with LED-light as backlit, third photo with daylight as backlit.

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