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MGR856863

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Meknès, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.8 × 11.7 × 7.2 cm
Description

The specimen shows large octahedral crystals up to 46mm (!) on edges. Their quality is exceptional - waterclear, you can see the matrix underneath - like cut glass with amazing texture on the lustrous faces. But most exciting are the colors: their center reminds to tropical sea - tones of cyan, green, blue green unified with purple, violet zonings at the corners. This is really an exciting fluorite in superb quality. The upper corner of the main crystals shows a small area where is has no more room to grow - there it developed tiny steps; but it is not damaged! Color, transperency and also the octahedral habit make this piece very special und unique.

Mineral Data
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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