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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 6.4 × 5.4 cm
Description

Naturally etched, translucent, lustrous, purple, cubic crystals of fluorite, mixed together with some matrix. The color saturation is impressive and the piece glows when backlit. There is recrystallization in contacted or damaged areas which indicates that the piece was broken in the pocket long ago with enough time to begin to reheal.

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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