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Fluorite

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Fluorite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Etched and dissolved single fluorite crystal from Berbes. Etched crystals are rare in Berbes, but a find delivered some very beautiful specimens a few years ago. As you can see on the photos, the fluorite shows a nearly waterclear color with a violet zoning. It is crystalized all around, dissolved (it looks like skeletal) or healed – there are no fresh fractures.

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