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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Les Rocs Quarry, Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Excellent purple fluorite rhombododecahedrons on matrix with small quartz crystals. The fluorite shows multiple faces with silky luster. Through the multiple faces the fluorite looks like fluorite balls. Cut on the backside. The fluorite stands in the displayed position without support (second photo).

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