Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Fluorite

Views:
Watches:
CR48941

Fluorite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
10,000 Ritter Mine, Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

A beautiful specimen of the deep purple fluorites with the blackish appearance from the "Zehntausend Ritter" mine in Frohnau near Annaberg in Saxony, Germany.

The cubes are very sharp and lustrous.

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