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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Displaying the dominant cubic and octahedral crystal forms of fluorite together in the same piece. This superb bright green to water clear fluorite specimen is noted for very high transparency and luster. It is free of damage, except for one side from a fluorite crystal is brocken on the backside of the specimen, which does not really distract from the beauty of this specimen at all.

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