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Fluorite

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Fluorite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm
Description

The top of the piece shows sharp cubic edges - the center is completely etched - the whole assemble is very sculptural and three-dimensional. With just a touch of backlight the crystal shows intense pruple internal color with light zonings between the purple areas. Hard to photograph and much better in person. Quite uncommon stuff for Berbes.

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