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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 3.56 cm
Description

A specimen from a famous British locality for fluorite.  This cubic crystal has a good deep yellow colour and at 3.0 cm across is large for the locality. Hilton mine is known to be one of the best worldwide localities for yellow fluorite.

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