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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Valzergues, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 6.1 × 3.5 cm
Description

Famous French classic with lustrpous crystals up to 43mm on edges. They show very good luster and this typical, but really amazing colors: this wonderful dark yellow to honey-brown with intense blue zoning along all edges. Hard to photograph, much better in person. Some internal cracks and small dings along some edges are present.

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