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MGR596643

Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Summit Cleft, Weißeck, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4 × 3.6 cm
Description

This specimen is one of the greatest rarities from the discovery of summit cleft. In the third cavern (45 meters deep) a fluorite vein in the diameter of 40cm was found. Inside this huge vein the miners found a vug, including only 5 specimen. In opposite to all other specimen from the discovery these 5 specimen were protected from etching and erosion - they were safed inside this small vug. The secomnd difference is clarity and texture of all faces, which looks like tiny, razor sharp squares. And yes - it is very colorful, but not just an etched or contacted fragment of crystals - two well developed sharp cubes formed this excellent specimen. The color represents the very best and most amazing range of Weisseck mountain. You can see purple zoning along the edges, electric blue and even sea-green. No significant damages to report, backside was 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