Mineral: Fluorite
Locality: Lieth limestone Quarry, Klein Nordende, Elmshorn-Land, Pinneberg District, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Dimensions: 40 x 25 x 20 mm

Description: Purple floater crystal of fluorite (to 25 mm on edge) with traces of grey marcasite on the surface, coming from calcite clefts in the copper shale. The locality represents the northernmost outcrop of the copper shale, which was tilted towards the surface here by a rising salt diapire from over 4 km depth.

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