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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Costelloe, Connemara, County Galway, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

The main crystal is up to 32mm on edges - it shows a very attractive mosaic of intense violet color-steps. The termination is sharp and there are modifications of rhomb along the edges. It is very uncommon - it grew on colorless fluorite, no matrix is involved. Backside was partly contacted or extracted from 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