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Fluorite & Feldspar Group

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Fluorite & Feldspar Group

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Description
Locality: 
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.1 × 2.5 cm
Description

Two isolated, modified (combination of cube and octahedron) fluorite crystals on well shaped snowy white feldspat - please note, that feldspat is complete all around; also bottom is terminated. I used minor light source to show the internal colors of the fluorite crystal. A very aesthetic piece from this famous area.

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