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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Highway 17 Roadcut, Rossport, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

A fine and showy example of color-zoned fluorite cubes from this roadcut locale in Ontario, Canada. The glossy, translucent, frosted crystals have amber cores strikingly accented with very sharp, dark edge phantoms. Very rare and uncommon material, hard to obtain! No significant damages to report.

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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