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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 6.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

The crystals are sharp terminated and faces are glossy, the crystals are up to 23mm on edegs. The special indicator are the phantoms: the crystals are colorless, there is one green phantom, sharp terminated in the center. This phantom is rotated 45°. Then there is a colorless area between this green phantom in the center and the intense violet phantom at the corners. Then, finally, along the edges the crystals are colorless again. This kind of phantoms represent an exceptional rarity. When the discovery was made, there was more quantity of violet and yellow phnatoms in their center - but the green ones were very rare. Since the year when they were discovered I saw only 3 (!!!) specimen. And this was in 2010. The combination of dark emerald green, colorless area and violet corners is really very eye-catching. The specimen is undamaged, 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