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Fluorite

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MGR559201

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 6.5 × 5.7 cm
Description

One of the characteristics of Zogno are etched faces. Also this specimen shows amazing texture and uncountable etched faces (nearly reminds to Heliodor from Russia), but all of them are very lustrous. Except this characteristic there are some other very uncommon indicators: most material from Zogno is violet, this light green color is very rare und uncommon – only a few finds during decades produced this color. Second remarkable indicator: the specimen is bi colored. Set in the center you can see a crazy assemble of violet fluorite. The pale green fluorite surrounds this violet exposed center like leaves and overall it looks like a blossom. 

The whole specimen is very translucent and the tridimensional assemble is very fine, but unfortunately hard to photograph and so I have to note that it is much better in person. 

The specimen is developed as floater and undamaged. For sure a very rare (caused by combination of two colors), very aesthetic and uncommon specimen!

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