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Fluorite

Self collected
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Chywoon Quarry, Longdowns, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5.5 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Weight: 
63.00gr
Description

A dark purple crystal of fluorite of ~11mm adjacent to a smaller crystal of ~ 6mm. The larger crystal clearly shows the stepped growth and cubo-octahedral habit typical from this classic location.

Collected: 
24/07/1998
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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