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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
9 × 10.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.10cm
Description

Most fluorites from this location are embedded in solid quartz or sometimes in chalcedony like this specimen.
The quartz is usually etched with fluoric acid to free the impressive fluorite crystals.
The biggest crystal has a diameter of 2.1 cm with a cuboctahedron habit.

 

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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