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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

A large green/blue single crystal with a little matrix from a Classic British locality. I have sold numerous Height's specimens over the past couple of years and this cuboid crystal measuring 4.8 x 3.5 x 3.6 cm is the largest by far.

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