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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hirschau Quarry, Böckstein, St Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 8 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Description

This is a very good fluorite specimen from the famous Hirschau Quarry in Austria.

Pale green fluorite octehedrons up to 23 mm across on a bed of smaller and greyish fluorite octahedrons.

Excellent specimen from Peter Knijnenburg collection

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