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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Blackdene Mine, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 12 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.00cm
Description

A nice cluster of large pale purple fluorite crystals from the famous Blackdene Mine.

Beautiful specimen

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