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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Weißeck Area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very uncommon material for Weisseck. Usually fluorites are etched by errosion, but not so here. The crystals are highly lustrous and show nice contrast to matrix. As you can see on the close-up photos the center is dark violet and there is a sharp colorless zoning along edges.

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