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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Xia Yang Mine, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3.3 × 3 cm
Description

Since last year several specimen from this more uncommon locality reached the market - nearly all crystals were green. Now this year at the Munich show I found only one dealer who had a fist full of specimen with lavender crystals, so they are really special and much more rare.The exposed main crystal shows a combination of rhomb and cube, the cubic faces are glossy and lustrous, the faces of rhomb are consisting of micro-steps, which are razor sharp and also lustrous. The crystal shows a good contrast to dark grey matrix, it is 29 on edges and completely exposed. Great, very aesthetic assemble!

Mineral Data
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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