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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6 × 2.8 cm
Description

A sizable cluster of amber yellow fluorite cubes with good transparency from a world famous British locality for yellow fluorite. Some would argue that this is one of the best yellow fluorite localities world wide, and this piece has good colour for the mine.

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