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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Summit Cleft, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

The specimen shows the typical stepped habit. It was discovered inside the 3rd cavern of the famous Summt Cleft. When backlit it shows these amazing colors - in this case strong, dark blue and different steps of violet to purple. Backside was extracted from the rock.

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