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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 8 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

Pale green fluorite cubes with a speckled purple outer skin. These are sitting on a bed of very pale yellow botryoidal clumps of tiny calcite crystals. Nice display piece.

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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