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Fluorite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Saint-Péray Quarry, Saint-Péray, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm
Weight: 
51.00gr
Description

Always a classic mineral. The fluorite phantoms from saint-peray almost always show clear crystals with dark purple phantoms. This time you can also see the granite matrix better, as the crystals have grown nicely distributed on the rock.

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