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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Le Piboul, Gabrias, Lozère, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18 × 9.8 × 6.8 cm
Description

A fluorite vein mined in the 1950's. Today, an adit, a shaft and a trench are still visible. Common samples consit of small, pale yellow cubes - the intensity and the exceptional dimension and crystal size make this piece really execptional and out-standing for the locality! Very relevant, great old classic!

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