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Fluorite

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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Berta, El Papiol, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5 × 6.5 cm
Description

Pretty, apple-green fluorite octahedrons richly cover the granodiorite matrix on this fine specimen from a famous and ancient Spanish silver-lead-zinc-iron mine.These came out in the late1980s. The sharp octahedra reach 1.2 cm and are gemmy and lustrous. Excellent purple fluorescence.Ex Armin Wendland collection

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