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Fluorite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 10 × 9.3 cm
Description

A fantastic piece from this most relevant discovery in 2019. Most crystals are around 2 to 3cm on edges - and yes, this sharp, complete floater is really 10cm tall! Already the size is very impressive - and then look at color and translucency! I saw a few crystals in this dimension, but they all needed strong backlight to expose their color. For photography I used one minor light source and it really seems to glow. The faces are glossy at the top and more silky down to the base, further they show a very attractive texture all around. At the lower thrid you can see dark green inclusions, which help to give a lot of contrast to the piece - the visual impact of a crystal in this size, color and quality is just mind-blowing! I show the specimen in different positions, and I have to note that there is no less attractive angle. No significant damages to report (one small conatcted area at one corner is present).

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