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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.3 × 3 cm
Description

Dark violet, nearly black fluorite crystals. They are covered with a beautiful, colorful layer - which shows all colors of the rainbow. Tiny red (caused by iron inclusions) quartz crystals and minor barite is also present. Small damages are present (clearly visible on photography), backside was on the rock.

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