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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.6 × 1.7 cm
Description

A very aesthetic specimen formed by two intergrown, sharp terminated pink octahedrons. The crystals are partly glossy. Minor light matrix is also present. The specimen is from a small find in summer 2017, the cleft produced only limited quantity and this was the maximum crystal size. 

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