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Fluorite

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MGR152504

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Halsbrücke, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.3 × 4.3 cm
Description

Up to 17mm on edges. A well formed specimen from this famouse, probably most important classic locality in Saxony. The crystals show beautiful satiny lustre and light blue colour. A thin vein of crystalized quartz is intergrown. Please note that specimen from this locality are very hard to obtain, specially in blue tones nearly nothing on the common market. Small damages are present, but in fine condition overall.

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