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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Artenberg Quarry, Steinach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm
Description

This is very rare material, the locality is defunct. There was never much quantity and never on the common market. The matrix is covered with white calcite crystals that show red hematite inclusions. On it a glassy, light blue octahedral fluorite crystal with etched faces. Although it is not colourful or spectacular as many other pieces in this auction is should be high valued as exceptional rarity.

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