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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Bairendaba, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 9 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
98.00gr
Description

Without backlight this plate of cubic fluorite looks dark bottle green and consists of very sharp and lustrous crystals. Hold it up against the light and it reveals the purple bottom/core of the crystals. In this piece there are also some small quartz crystals. These pieces from the mid 2019.

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