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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Yongchun County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.8 × 3.3 cm
Description

Highly lustrous fluorite crystals, which are composed of the very well balanced shapes of the cube and the octahedron. The blue color comes from a blue zoning within the crystals Some faces of the octahedron are nearly water-clear and you can see into the inside of the crystals. The fluorite are well composed on a matrix, which is all covered with small quartz crystals and some small calcite crystals all around. No significant damage to report. A very impressive floater piece!

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