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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Is Murvonis Mine, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 3.7 × 2 cm
Description

Very interesting fluorite from Sardinia: fluorite cubes up to 1.1 cm long with highly glossy and intensive parqueted faces. The outer layer of approx. 1 mm is water-clear with a slightly violet color. Inside there is a bright (nearly white) and sometimes slightly violet zonation which gives the fluorite an interesting deep character. No significant damage to report.

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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