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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 6.7 × 3.3 cm
Description

Cluster of gemmy violet fluorite crystal with deep purple phantoms on the outer edge nestled nicely amongst crystallized muscovite. At the back side, you can see the bright chlorite blanket covered on the muscovite with several wolframite crystals and arsenopyrite scattered on it.

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
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