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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Weißeck Area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
23.3 × 12 × 3.1 cm
Description

A large plate of inetrgrown crystals. The specimen is from the 3rd cavern of the famous summit cleft; about 50 meters below peak-elevation (2711m) in the South slope of the mountain. The specimen shows excellent translucency, photographed with daylight it shows a very attractive green-blue color. Backside was sawed, no significant damages to report.

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