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Fluorite On Feldspar

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Fluorite On Feldspar

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Description
Locality: 
Strzegom, Strzegom-Sobótka Massif, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Description

A lonely pale violet and translucent octahedral fluorite on feldspar from the famous pegmatite quarries in Poland.
Beautiful old specimen from Knijnenburg collection.

According to the label - the specimen was mined 1899

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

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group