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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hirschau Quarry, Böckstein, St Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.9 × 6.9 × 4.7 cm
Description

On Mindat the loaclity is listed as "quarry" - this is completely wrong! I digged at the locality, it is a fluorite vein (collapsed since decades) in a steep incline in the south slope of the mountain. On our website you can find an article about the discovery. We removed all old rocks from the collapsed area and digged for the fluorite vein. Most older material was very pale, the new specimen show better quality of faces and better saturation. The particular specimen shows the typical green color (but in good saturation), sharp termination and satiny luster. 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