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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Highly lustrous aggregate of purple fluorite crystals from the now closed Okorusu Mine in Namibia. The crystals show cube and octahedron faces developed approximately to the same extend. The crystals are yellow but with cube faces coloured deep purple, that produce net darker squares.

From a find in 2017.

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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