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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Rieding Lake, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Lake Rieding is about 2100m above sea level at the North slope of Weisseck Mt. The region is a nature park noww and collecting is prohibited there.

The specimen is about 20 years old. The main-crystal on the top shows an unusual dark, blue to green colour and waxy lustre. It is 15 mm on edges and frame with little dolomite crystals.

 

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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