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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Summit Cleft, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

An excellent fluorite from my recent find from the Summit Cleft. You can read the report on my homepage. The cube shows an intense purple translucent color with a beautiful cyan colored outer zone. The surface of the faces is of exceptional quality. The square structure of the faces gives the piece an additional three-dimensional character. I used a low LED spot for backlit (first and fourth photo).

Mineral Data
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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