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Fluorite

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Locality: 
Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm
Description

From a rare locality for fluorite collectors, this a nice specimen with deep purple octahedral-looking crystals with darker edges. The habit is in fact rhombododecahedral modified. The smaller crystals are lighter in color, being the core completely transparent.

This came from the construction of the Cantabric Highway Road fifteen years ago. It were recovered just less than a thousand pieces during several months.

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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