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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm
Description

Sharp terminated twined flourite crystals up to 23 mm on edges. The crystals are waterclear and nearly colourless. You can see a sharp thin violet zoning along the edges and a blue to lavender internal zoning. At one corner you can see a dark green inclusion. All faces are very glossy, some are covered with microcrystals of quartz. Backside was on the rock. Ex-Clavel collection.

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