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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: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.6 × 4.5 cm
Description

New material from a recent small discovery at Sicily. New discovereis from large mining areas in China, Africa or US are not really a surprise - but a these new fluorites from an small island, hand-extracted, not from an industrial mine is really an exceptional and relevant discovery! The particular specimen shows a large cube in the most intense color, which reminds to classic stuff from French or Blanchard mines. Although it is not undamaged, the color and the dimension are very impressive.

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