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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Xinyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.2 × 10 × 4 cm
Description

A large plate with stepped, highly lustrous cubic fluorite crystals interjoined in hemi-spherical groups to create the attractive composition as pictured. It features a translucent mossy green color and a very intense green color with LED backlit (third and sixth photo). The specimen sparkles through the many high-gloss stepped crystals when you hold it in your hands and move it. This specimen comes out of its pocket perfect and unharmed!

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