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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.8 × 3.9 cm
Description

A very nice single crystal with amazing color. The center is dark yellow, along the edges you can see sharp violet zoning and on the surface there are some pale green areas. One edge is framed with tiny sparkling quartz crystals. Some of the are scattred over the front-side. Backside/base was on the rock. The photo with dark background was done with moderately backlight, the photo with light background was done under daylight.

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