Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Fluorite

Views:
Watches:
PCZ195007

Fluorite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Low Skears Mine, Middleton In Teesdale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 2.8 cm
Description

This specimen consists of lovely transparent, (not obvious from the images) yellow fluorite cubes up to 0.9 cm on an edge. The crystals are sharp and come from the 'Firestone Level' of the famous Skears Mine in Teesdale. This specimen was hard to photograph and the images suggest it is quite dull, in reality it is a bright reflective piece.

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