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MGR553119

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Collada Verda, Abella-Pardines, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm
Description

An exposed, complete crystal surrounded by smaller crystals. The main crystal is sharp terminated and shows also some sharp modofications along edges and corners. All faces all around are highly lustrous. The fluorite shows a really good transperency and fine translucency, there are several sharp terminated phantoms in various steps of blue, violet and lavender. It just needs light background or minor backlit to show this wide range of colors and phantoms. This specimen is on very high quality concerning all most importnat indicators like color, luster, phantoms and transperency. The assemble with one exposed, complete main crystal is also very eye-catching. Hard to photograph and very much better in person!

Mineral Data
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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