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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Heißer Stein Mine, Stulln, Wölsendorf West, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

The "Heißer Stein" Fluorite Mine was one of the most famous fluorite mines in the Wölsendorf mining district. The mine was closed in 1974 after more than 20 years underground workings.

The mine produced beautiful and very typical fluorite specimen - whenever never large quantities.

This is a very good and typical specimen of pale yellow-violet fluorite cubes with beautiful phantoms.

Ex Fritz Haller collection - acquired 1967 !

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