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Fluorite

ex Dr. Harry von Eckermann Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Kongsberg Silver Mines, Kongsberg, Viken, Norway
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm
Description

Two waterclear cleaved specimens of fluorite, the one 6.0 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm and the second 2.9 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm in size, each showing purple coloured crystal faces on one side.

The specimens are from the collection of the famous Swedish mineralogist Harry von Eckermann († 1969, the mineral Eckermannite is named after him) and are followed by an original label bonded in their cardboard box.

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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