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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Xianghuapu Mine, Linwu County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.2 × 8.5 × 5.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.70cm
Description

Outstanding fluorite specimen from China. The crystals have a super fine glassy appearence and are tinted in a smooth mint green colour. Nearly all of the crystals with a maximum size of 27 mm on the edges show sharp phantoms nicely visible inside. The clarity is so good that you can see the mother rock underneath the crystals.

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