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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm
Description

Outstanding quality - the crystal is nearly flawless and of highest possible lustre. Some sharp blue phantoms along the edges are also present, as well tiny inclusions of chalcopyrite. Color is superb, intense yellow. Hilton mine is defunct, the area belongs to the army, it is not possible to dig there and the particular specimen features the very best quality.

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