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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Can Franquesa, Singuerlín, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 9.2 × 5.3 cm
Weight: 
411.00gr
Description

Apple-green, stepped octahedral crystals of fluorite forming lustrous globular aggregates with very good vitreous lustre. Strongly fluorescent under long UV illumination, with an intense blue colour.

Similar specimens were found in the area in the 1960’s, but this specimen is from a recent find, dated back in 2014.

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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