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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Rare unusual fluorites from Erongo Mountains. Crystal with multiple coloring and zoning (green, honey yellow, orange and purple). Faces are slightly frosted. The fluorites were originally  grown on Feldspar. This has dissolved and only the outer shell is preserved. Fluorite has also grown in the inner area of the shell. Hard to catch in a photo and much better in person. Undamaged!

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