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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: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.5 × 2 cm
Description

Translucent and blue-green fluorite with a touch of blue color in the center 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. Very impressive color with natural daylight as backlit. No visible damage to report, the bottom was from 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