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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Summit Cleft, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

I've worked a lot on this type of fluorite over the past few years. They come from an area of the 3rd cavern in the Summit Cleft where a lot of water flows through. The fluorites were dissolved by this water. It is now difficult to find new fluorites of this type because I have searched intensively. I do have some in stock, but the quality and intensity of the color varies. Due to the intense color, this piece comes from my collection.

Fluorite with great color and intense zoning (green, cyan, blue, lavender and even intense violet). The fluorite comes from the 3rd cavern in the great Summit Cleft. All sides are crystallized, etched or healed (no fresh fractures). It is a great experience to look at this specimen with backlit from daylight or LED spots! First, second, fourth, and fifth photo with lower LED light as backlit, much better in real life!

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