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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Summit Cleft, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

This is a veryrare specimen from the 2nd cavern of the famous summit cleft, located in the south slope of Weisseck mountain. 95% of all matrial is out of the 3rd cavern. The typical indicator for specimen from the 2nd cavern is the blue zoning which framed the intense purple core of each crystal. This zoning is better visible in person, but the detail photo should give you a idea.

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