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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: 
6.7 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm
Description

Translucent and bright green fluorite with a touch of bright violet color in the inside of the crystals. The crystals are composed of the very well balanced shapes of the cube and the octahedron. The fluorite is well grown on a matrix, which is covered with small, highly lustrous quartz crystals. The quartz crystals are also grown in the upper part of the fluorite, which can be seen very well in the inside of the fluorite. No significant damage to report, the bottom was cut.

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