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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Quarry Hills Vein, Newlandside, Stanhope, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

An interesting little specimen consisting of crystals up to 1.5 cm across. The crystals appear to have a high clarity that is somewhat obscured by the unusual etching on the faces.

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