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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

This is a small crystal group of fluorite. Found in the Uranus mine near Annaberg Buchholz in Saxony. In normal sunlight, the crystals looking brown. When the light passes through the crystals, it can be recognized that the crystals have a yellow core and a purple outer layer. The violet outer layer is very thin, but extremely dark. Like ink. The piece is a new find from this year. Unfortunately, there are only a few pieces.

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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