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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.9 × 7.2 × 4 cm
Description

The matrix is covered with water-clear, nearly colorless crystals of first generation. In the center you can see two large, completely free-standing and exposed main crystals of second generation. They show perfect luster and excellent clarity like cut glass. In their centers there is a razor sharp terminated light, nearly white phantom. These main crystals are in excellent condition and in the very best quality you can imagine. An excellent, very aesthetic specimen!

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