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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Ayachi, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm
Description

Lila coloured fluorite from the less known veins of the Tamazeght Complex at the top of the Jebel Ayachi. This calcite-filled veins are rich in doubly coloured fluorite with net cubic crystals cores of white colour, overgrown by a second generation of lila-coloured fluorite with faces of cube, octahedron and rhombic dodecahedron, such as this one.

Acquired from local collectors in 09/2015.

Mineral Data
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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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