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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Noordoewer, Orange River, Karasberg East, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.9 × 8 × 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.90cm
Weight: 
196.00gr
Description

A fine specimen with deep purple Fluorite nodules on a white matrix. A very nice piece with contrasting colours.  Sawn on the bottom.

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