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Fluorite

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Locality: 
Brandberg, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm
Description

Please note that this locality is absolutely exceptional and rare. Usually it is prohibited to collect in Amis-gorge and so it is nearly impossible to acquire material from this locality. Fluorite from the locality is nearly unknown and there is nothing on the common market. The main crystal is 10mm on edges. it is nearly colourless, only a touch og light green, but with intense violet zones along the edges. matrix is crystallized quartz. undamaged.

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