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Fluorite

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Fluorite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Rufibach Cleft, Vorderer Zinggenstock, Zinggenstöcke, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Famous classic material - the crystals show the typical modifications: a octahedral crystal with additional faces of rhomb and cube. Pale pink color, etched centers of the faces. Nice contrast to light matrix. I would say it is a nice sample from this most prominent discovery.

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