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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

Green octahedral fluorite partially embedded in white quartz matrix. The fluorite shows a transparent green color with a matte gloss. This is an old find from the 80's from the slopes below the Stampfl glacier (2700 meters above sea level). The site is exhausted; there will be no more finds.

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