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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
South Crofty Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

A part crystal of fluorite displaying cubic faces on two sides with blue and green zoning and specular hematite inclusions, minor quartz.

Collected in 1997. Ex. David Lloyd collection.

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