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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Weißeck Area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Description

I felt indescribable joy when I was allowed to salvage this piece: Despite its intense colors, this fluorite is very transparent - almost glassy. The crystals exhibit a beautiful purple color on the outside and an intense blue to cyan color on the inside. This color build-up causes the fluorite to change color as the piece is moved. The fluorite cube measures up to 4 cm edge length. The crystal surfaces show a fine square texture with a silky luster due to water etching. The crystal growth is very plastic and three-dimensional. The fluorites comes from my new find from the summer of 2022. This piece is brighter and more colorful and much more plastic than the well-known pieces from Summit Cleft and raises the bar for good fluorite from Weisseck! In the upper area of the fluorite there is an old injury to an edge. The fracture is so old that the fluorite in this area appears to have been healed by water etching.Unfortunately it is almost impossible to show the exceptional quality on the photos. First and third photo with lower LED 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