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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Summit Cleft, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Both sides crystallized and translucent assembly with good structure. Highly lustrous surfaces with light texture, bright zoning along edges. The fluorite is partially overgrown with small brown calcite. No significant damage to report. All photos with daylight as backlit. You also get the film on DVD about the discovery of the blue fluorite, which you can see on our blue mountains homepage.

Mineral Data
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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