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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Summit Cleft, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
24.4 × 13 × 6.9 cm
Description

This is the "big blue"! Although it is 7cm thick the crystals show very good translucency - with moderately backlight it shows wonderful internal color with lot of steps of blue and blue-green. It depends on light-source, light intensity and angle and it always looks a little different, but always amazing. The largest crystal is 67cmm on edges. The specimen is out of the thrid cavern of the famous summit cleft in the south slope of Weisseck mountain, about 2650 meters above sea-level. No significant damages to report, backside is sawed.

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