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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mauterndorf Quarry, Mauterndorf, Taurach Valley, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

This specimen represents a great rarity. An unknown locality, there never before was found fluorite like this. This specimen is out from a very small discovery, which produced only a fist full of single crystals. Additional only a few groups and  matrix-specimen. The color is very nice - very dark blue-green. Faces are etched and multiple stepped and crystal is developed as floater. Undamaged, (no fresh fractures). I used slightly LED spots for backlit (photo 2, 3, 5 and 6).

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