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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: 
5.2 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm
Description

The crystals are all sharp terminated and all faces are very glossy. The crystals show dark green centers, various steps of green in several phantoms and intense violet zoning at the corners. The translucency is very nice and the specimen is well developed all around. Very hard to photograph, please note - this one is significant better in person.

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