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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 7.3 × 2.6 cm
Description

This is really an out-standing sample for this famous locality. The smaller crystals show a cyan green, which reminds to tropical sea. The exposed modified main crystal shows dark violet zonings along edges and corner, an intense neon-blue color and a purople center. All steps are razor sharp, all faces show excellent luster and the translucency is also excellent, it needed only minor backlight for photography and only for the purple center of the main-crystal. You can see the colors only if you hold the piece infront of a window. I know all these colors from Okorusu, but never unified on one specimen with crystals in different colors. No significant damages to report, backside was on the rock.

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