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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Locality: 
10,000 Ritter Mine, Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.4 × 2 cm
Description

Beautiful, very dark (almost black) purple fluorite specimen from the famous 10,000 Ritter (knights) mine in Saxony. Lustrous. Just one minor ding on one of the big crystals.

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

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