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Fluorite & Baryte

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Fluorite & Baryte

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

An all-etched purple fluorite from the well-known Elmwood Mine. The crystal shows the etched surfaces on all sides with good gloss and transparency, and is undamaged! The fluorite shows a bright violet zoning along the edges with nearly water clear center. Not the biggest crystal but very nice.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White