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Fluorite & Muscovite

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MGR766025

Fluorite & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm
Description

This magnificant specimen is out of Europe´s leading private collection - the famous Fabian Wildfang collection. It shows one exposed, sharp terminated and water-clear light pink fluorite crystal attractively set on Muscovite matrix. Pink ocathedrons came rare - many crystals look more like rounded clusters, those with a sharp habit are exceptional.

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White