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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm
Description

A fine fluorite crystal with a penetration twin on a shard of matrix from Weardale. The core of the crystal appears to be colourless with a purple band and then the typical green of Weardale fluorite.

The specimen also displays some interesting growth lines/striations across the face of the main crystal

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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