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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: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.3 × 3.5 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 several  intergrown crystals - tehy are sharp terminated and partly glossy. Some faces show a light layer, all crystals show a beautiful blue internal color. Shoudl be high ranked for rarity!

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