7.5 x 10 cm, crystals up to 1.3 cm on edge
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The crystalline habits of the fluorite that can be found in this deposit are tetrahexahedron, cube and rhombododecahedron combinations, cube, octahedron and rhombododecahedron combinations, cube and tetrahexahedron and other even more complex associations. This diversity of habits, so uncommon in other fluorite deposits, is one of the hallmarks of this mine and in general of the rest of the Caravia mining district. This specimen, blue fluorite crystals with calcite, represents the crystal form of cube faces modified by the tetrakishexahedron faces. Very uncommon and very special
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