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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 9 × 5 cm
Description

Multicoloured crystals with calcite and sphalerite. The crystals have a light yellow core surrounded with a dark purple phantom and ending in a light blue outer zone. Crystals up to 3 cm on edge, on the backside sits a group of calcite scalenohedrons. An impressive specimen, some minor chips are present, all in all in very good condition.

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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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