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Fluorite

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Fluorite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

This is a beautiful and very old fluorite specimen from the famous Weardale mining district.

Deep green, partly gemmy, well formed penetration twinned fluorite crystals on matrix.

With a beautiful handwritten label.

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