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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Pike Law, Newbiggin, Teesdale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 10 × 5 cm
Description

I have been offering specimens from Pike Law for some time however they generally on the small side. This specimen has as multitude of sharp fluorite cubes with a pleasant soft lilac colour and the bonus of being about three times the size of any previous specimen I have listed from this location.

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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