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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: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.2 × 7.5 × 7.1 cm
Description

This is not a pink fluorite - it is raspberry red! The assemble is simply breathtaking - this huge crystal is perched in the center of snowy white matrix and look at this size - it is about 77 mm tall, 40mm from left to right hand side and about 50mm from front to backside. That is really fantastic and the elongated habit is one further remarkable indicator to judge this specimen as mayor-piece! A few smaller crystals are attached to the base. Please note - photos were done under daylight, with (only) minor backlight the color, the saturation will become even more spectacular. In person the crystal size is even more impressive, crystals in this size are absolutely exceptional! The main crystal doesn´t show any significant damages, the crystals at the base show some contacts.

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