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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4 × 3.3 cm
Description

Rare unusual fluorite from Erongo Mountains. One crystal with multiple coloring and zoning (green, honey yellow and purple). The faces are slightly frosted. Hard to catch in a photo and much better in person. First, and third photo with lower LED light as backlit. No significant damage to report; the backside is also crystallized and healed (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