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MGR218129

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Landsverk #1 Feldspar Quarry, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Generally fluorite from Norway is rare, but this specimen is even more special: usually we know only cubic crystals from this locality, but this specimen shows octahedral crystal. These crystals are grey along edges and corners with light violet centers, scattered all over the specimen. Not a colorful or lustrous sample, but very special for the locality.

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