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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 6 × 5 cm
Description

Black crystals up to 12mm on edges. The faces show satiny lustre. With backlight they show violet internal colour.

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