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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 10 × 7.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
9.00cm
Weight: 
1 100.00gr
Description

From an old collection comes this very nice fluorite specimen with gemmy fluorite crystals up to 9 cm.

The color is a  light-colored bottlegreen with some red inclusions - typical for the mine.

With minor chalcopyrite crystals

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