Fluorite
last edited:
1/30/18 number
of photos: 104
Fluorite is CaF2
Mineral information on fluorite
Fluorite is derived from the Latin word, fluere,
meaning to flow
in reference to its use as a flux in smelting of metal ores.
photos
fluorite-multicolored cleavages:
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fluorite-octahedron cleavages:
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fluorite-octahedron crystals:
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fluorite, cubic crystals:
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fluorite from Mexico:
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fluorite cleavage surface:
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fluorite, iridescence:
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fluorite from Tombstone, Arizona:
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fluorite from Illinois:
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3*
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fluorite from New York:
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fluorite from Ohio:
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fluorite from England:
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fluorite from China:
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fluorite-purple cubic crystal:
1
fluorite and galena:
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fluorite with barite:
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2
fluorite, massive:
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polished slab of multicolored fluorite:
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by color
fluorite-purple:
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fluorite-light purple:
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fluorite-very dark purple:
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fluorite-dark purple inside of pale purple:
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fluorite-green:
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fluorite-yellow:
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fluorite-gray:
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fluorite-colorless:
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fluorite-light brown:
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fluorite-brown:
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fluorite-mixed colors:
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2*
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5
fluorite-common green:
1
drawings
fluorite twinned crystal:
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