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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Rotherhope Fell Mine, Black Burn, Alston Moor, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm
Description

Glassy transparent colourless to light purple penetration-twinned fluorite crystal

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