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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Knappenloch, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

A part of a fluorite crystal with excellent transparency and colors of violet, blue and cyan. The highlight of this piece are the beautiful structures on the broken surfaces of the fluorite, which were created by water etching. This find is published in The Mineralogical Record - Mineral Magazine Vol.54 No.6.2. On my homepage you will find a detailed report on this find with videos.

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