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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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Description

Translucent and bright fluorite with a touch of bright violet phantom in the inside of the crystals. The crystals are composed of the very well balanced shapes of the cube and the octahedron. The fluorites are well grown on a matrix, which is covered with small, highly lustrous quartz crystals. The quartz crystals are also grown in the lower part of the fluorites. As you can see very well on the photos, the fluorites have a white phantom as octahedron in the inside. No significant damage to report.

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