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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Heißer Stein Mine, Stulln, Wölsendorf West, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
21 × 15 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

Large cubes of green fluorite up to 3.8 cm partly covered by waterclear quartz crystals also perimorph after an unknown dissolved spherical mineral. The fluorites also show a reddish-brownish color component caused by tiny inclusions of iron oxides and sulfides and a violet component caused by structural defects due to natural radiation.

A very interesting large display specimen from this historic german fluorite mining district.

Please note that the shipping cost vary due to the weight of the specimen. Shipping costs will be between 23€ (EU) to max. 63€ (Australia).

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