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Fluorite

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MGR218136

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Wölsenberg, Nabburg, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 5 × 2.3 cm
Description

This is a very uncommon sample from this well known locality. There are very dark, nearly black crystal, framed by intense yellow, glossy fluorites. The dark crystals are etched, the yellow ones are sharp and lustrous, which helps to give a lot of contrast to the piece.

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