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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.1 × 3.6 cm
Description

This magnificent colorful piece represents a great rarity! It comes from a relatively unknown locality. From this location this kind of fluorite was never found before. This specimen is from a special found, which produced only a fist full of well-developed single crystals, and only a few groups and matrix-specimen. The faces are etched and skeletonized and show a good luster. The play of the color is amazing - a very intense blue, cyan and green. Also the transparency is excellent and shows these fabulous colors. First and third photo with lower LED light as backlit, second photo with daylight as backlit. This specimen is really a feast for the eyes! No significant damage to report.

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