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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Blanchard Claims, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm
Description

Exposed blue fluorite on bright quartz crystals. The fluorite shows a matt shiny surface with a square texture. Within the fluorite there are a blue and a violet zoning along their edges. With some contacts - but still impressive; the bottom was extracted from the rock.

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