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Fluorite

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 5.1 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Weight: 
254.00gr
Description

Small cabinet of grey fluorite from the classic Heights Quarry. Some crystals feature some loval thin quartz epimorph, which could further be removed with some small careful mechanical effort.
In good conditions, with good lustre, possibly some twinned individuals. Some peripheral bruising, as depicted.

Purchased in UK in 2018, it comes from a much older find. 

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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