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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 4.2 cm
Description

Fluorite from the famous Okorusu mine. Displays intergrown octahedral fluorite with colorful phantoms inside the crystals. The fluorite is very lustrous, glassy, with interesting texture and also transparent. With contrasting phantom growths, a very deep mauve color and yellow, both colors being rare at Okorusu, where green is usually the dominant color for the fluorite. First, second, fourth, and fifth photo with LED light as backlit. No significant damage to report - the bottom was cut. The specimen stands in the displayed position without support. It should be highly ranked as a great rarity with fine quality.

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