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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Valzergues, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm
Description

From rare find (November 2016) at this famous fluorite locality. The crystal shows good color, with bright inclusions in the center. The faces are highly lustrous with a square texture and, as you can see on the first photo in the gallery, there is even a bright zoning inside the crystal. There are also some calcite crystals on the edge of the fluorite. Backside was on 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