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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Boltry Quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur District, Belgium
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm
Description

Large octahedral crystal of fluorite from Seilles (Belgium), bicoloured, mainly blue with a zone of deep purple colour. It is mainly formed by corroded crystal faces with two cleaved curfaces. I enhance here the big size and blue colour of this specimen.

Acquired in 1985, it is an Ex. Eudore Toussaint specimen.

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

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