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Fluorite

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Fluorite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

An older sample of twinned green fluorite showing violet daylightfluorescence inside a glas bulb. Size given is for the crystal.

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