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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Vrchoslav, Krupka, Krušné Hory Mountains, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very interesting fluorite, from a rarely seen location, with sharp cubes up to 1.0 cm on an edge. The yellow cubes unusually have certain faces that are purple in colour.  

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