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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm
Description

A very nice smaple from the 3rd cavern at the famous summit cleft. The contacted crystal shows all these fantastic colors that make this discovery so prominent. At the top dark violet, a very light thin zoning underneath, then blue and a large area of amazing sea-green at the base. A really colorfull specimen, photgraphed with only minor backlight.

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