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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 5.7 × 4.5 cm
Description

Lustrous and translucent, blue-green of fluorite “ball” which is aggregated by octahedral fluorite crystals associated with several octahedral fluorites scattered on the quartz matrix, typical from this locality.

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
Oriental Minerals