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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Newlandside Quarry, Stanhope, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

Lovely fluorite cubes up to 0.6 cm on an edge cover the display face of this specimen. The cubes have an attractive soft lilac colour. A lesser known location for British fluorite.

Mineral Data
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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
Peter Crozier Minerals