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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 2.8 cm
Description

Transparent intense green fluorite with a slight yellow tint in the center. The faces are highly glossy with parquetted structure and a slight zoning at the edges. There is an small old contact on one the edges which does not interfere. Ex. Gilles Emringer collection.

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