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Fluorite

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Locality: 
Pike Law, Newbiggin, Teesdale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.3 × 1 cm
Description

Hi All, this auction is part of a series of ‘Clear-out Minerals’ Clear-out auctions. This specimen and the majority of others on offer this have a starting price 50% or more lower than in all previous auctions. Happy bidding. Sharp, glassy fluorite crystals of good clarity and some chocolate brown hues, associated with black oxidised siderite crystals on matrix. From the West End hushes, Pike law.

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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