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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Poggio Balate, Termini Imerese, Palermo Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3 × 3.2 cm
Description

A great new discovery from local collectors and completely unknown material. The crystals show a strong dark blue color and the contrast to matrix is also fine and eye-catching, the specimen shows a nice assemble and represents a great rarity for fluorite from Sicily.

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