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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Konso, Southern Nations Nationalities & Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.1 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Five colour change fluorite crystals from Ethiopia. The crystals are floaters and are sharp and gemmy.

In indoor lighting conditions, the colours are brighter and more vivid than in daylight. The photos were taken under cool fluorescent lighting. The largest crystal is 11 x 10 x 10mm and the smallest is 9 x 7 x 6mm.

Very unusual!

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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