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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Johannesschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 10 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.80cm
Description

This is a very old specimen from the  famous Johannesschacht Mine near Wölsendorf in Bavaria, Germany. The mine worked from 1925 till 1979 and produced beautiful and unique fluorite specimen.

This specimen was collected in 1941.

Fantastic specimen of  pale yellow to violet fluorite crystals with dark violet triangular corners on most of the cubes.

The backside show more violet fluorite crystals.

Ex Fritz Haller collection.

 

Mineral Data
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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