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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Weight: 
209.00gr
Description

A group of fluorite crystals of a beautiful blue colour with a yellow heart highlighted by a purple border.
Another blue border is present at about 5 mm from the surface.
The rendering is difficult to take correctly in pictures but is particularly splendid in real, especially, of course, in backlighting.

The piece presents imperfections related for some to the extraction, but for the most important, to its history in situ.

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