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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Newlandside Quarry, Stanhope, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

There is an almost complete coverage of the display face of this specimen by soft, sharp, reflective, lilac fluorite cubes. A nice specimen from a classic British locality.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals