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Yttrofluorite

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Yttrofluorite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm
Description

A rare yttrium-rich fluorite from norway. The specimen shows two different fluorecence colour under uv light.
Greenish under shortwave and yellowish under longwave.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yttrofluorite

Variety Of: 

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Hardness: 
4.0
Formula: 
(Ca1-xYx)F2+x where 0.05< x <0.3
Hardness: 
0.0