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Fluorite

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MGR1080160

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hesselbach Mine, Ödsbach, Oberkirch, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 4.1 cm
Description

This spectacular specimen represents outstanding quality! Usually you can get more grey than blue, small, etched crystals. There were only a few small discovereies which ever produced this color, this size in union with sharp termination and satiny luster. This is a fantastic mayor piece for this old, defunct locality.

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