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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan, Dayu County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 9.5 × 8.5 cm
Description

A famous find from the Piaotang mine, dark green octahedrons up to 1.5 cm edge length. Remarkable is the second crystallisation, good to see at the tips of the octahedrons,
crystals with cuboctahedron-like habit. The specimen is in excellent condition, no significant damages to report, backside was on the rock, bottom is sawed.

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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