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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
West Pasture Mine, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 8.5 × 4 cm
Description

Almost all of the display face of this specimen is covered with cubic fluorite crystals up to 0.9 cm on an edge. The crystals are essentially colourless (perhaps a slight yellowish hue) and sharp. An unusually large specimen from a rarely offered 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