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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Esperanza Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm
Description

An aesthetic, lustrous, translucent, violet-zoned fluorite. With daylight as backlit the color is dark violet blue, with LED-backlit it shows an intense and amazing lavender color. This sample is also characterized by intense square texture on the faces. First, third, fourth, and sixth photo with lower LED light as backlit!

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