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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Bockstein Duct, SAFE Power Station, Remsach, St Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

The dimension of the first one from left to right is added below the gallery, the 2nd is 1,8 x 1,4 x 0,7cm and the 3rd is 1,9 x 1,6 x 1,3cm. From an small discovery in Theresia-shaft, running meter 1480. The crystals are not complete, but they still represent a nice example from this famouse discovery. The former owner was Dr. Karl Götzendorfer, he was doctor of mineralogy and one of the prominent collectors in Austria. Götzendorfer published an article about this find in the old Austrian Mineral magazine "Eisenblüte". The crystals show intense, emerald green 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