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Sellaite & Fluorite

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Sellaite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm
Description

Crystalline sellaite in massive fluorite, very difficult to distinquish the two species until put under LW UV, sellaite fluoresces bright yellow and the fluorite purple

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sellaite

Formula: 
MgF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gébroulaz glacier, Val Thorens, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France

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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