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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Schrammacher, Finkenberg, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

Although it is only small and with some cleaveges at the bottom and reverse, this is an out-standing rarity. Pink fluorite from Schrammacher mountain represent one of the most rare fluorite discoveries in entire Alps. The crystal shows light pink color and fine translucency.

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