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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.5 × 6 cm
Description

This specimen is very uncommon, usually all this material is extracted from the rock backside - but not so here, also backside is well crystalized. All crystals are sharp terminated and vry lustrous. With moderately backlit you can see yellow to orange internal color and dark violet to purple phantoms. Only bottom is extracted from 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