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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Milltown Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.2 × 10.5 × 7.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.70cm
Description

Up to 37mm on edges! Very rare and uncommon locality, but not only a sample - for this mine absolutely exceptional in dimension and quality. The crystals are colourless with sharp black-violet zoning along the edges. The faces are very lustrouse and there are no significent damages to report. This one is on high relevance for the locality, also very attractive and still on high standard for Northern England and that really means a lot.

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