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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.1 × 13.2 × 7 cm
Description

Famous US classics! The crystals shows sharp termination, crazy texture with lot of amazing details and fine luster. The internal colors (photographed with very moderat backlight) are spectacular - the purple color shows a superb saturation and the also the yellow center is very intense. The dimension is remarkable - even for Minerva! The sides are mostly complete, the backside was partly extracted from the rock, partly healed. Gorgeous huge fluorite with stunning visual impact!

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