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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 4.5 × 5 cm
Description

A very nice example of fluorite on magnesite from Mt Bischoff.  There are 2 generations of fluorite seen here as the purple is overgrowing the blue fluorite.

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