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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mauterndorf Quarry, Mauterndorf, Taurach Valley, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

A nearly unknown locality - only local collectors know this quarry for calcite, never before there was a discovery of fluorite. This year in spring there was a small find of fluorite, not even a backpack full of specimen was found. One very special offer of nearly unique material, only here on e-rocks directly from the source. The crystal is developed as floater, it shows strong etching, faces seems to consist of tiny cubes. The intermnal color is dark blue-green. One of only a few undaamged single crystals.

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