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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: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

Lustrous fluorite crystals composed of the well-balanced shapes of the cube and the octahedron. The bright blue-violet color comes from a multiple zoning within the crystals. The faces of the octahedron are nearly water-clear and you can see into the inside of the crystals. Undamaged – thebackside 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