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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Minggang Mine, Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 5.5 × 2.6 cm
Description

Aesthetic specimen from the relatively new source of Chaohu Mine. Botryodal fluorite in a particular and lovely lavender lilac color. A beautiful display piece. Currently hard to obtain material.
 

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