Fluorite Photos            

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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:  1
   fluorite-octahedron cleavages:  1  2  3  45  6  7  8  9  10
   fluorite-octahedron crystals:  1  2
   fluorite, cubic crystals:  1  2  3
   fluorite from Mexico:  1  2  3  4  5
   fluorite cleavage surface:  1
   fluorite, iridescence:  1  2  3  4
   fluorite from Tombstone, Arizona:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7
   fluorite from Illinois:  1  2  34  5  6  7  8
   fluorite from New York:  1

   fluorite from Ohio:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8   
   fluorite from England:  1  2  3  
   fluorite from China:  1  2                                                  

   fluorite-purple cubic crystal:  1                                                                                                   
   fluorite and galena:  1
   fluorite with barite:  1  2
   fluorite, massive:  1
   polished slab of multicolored fluorite:  1

by color
   fluorite-purple:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  

   fluorite-light purple:  1  2  3  4  5     
   fluorite-very dark purple:  1  2                                 
   fluorite-dark purple inside of pale purple:  1
   fluorite-green:  1  2  3  4  5  6
   fluorite-yellow:  1  2

   fluorite-gray:  1  2

   fluorite-colorless:  1  2  3  4
   fluorite-light brown:  1  23  4  5 
   fluorite-brown:  1  2
   fluorite-mixed colors:   123  4  5
   fluorite-common green:  1

drawings
fluorite twinned crystal:  1


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Just credit photos to R.Weller/Cochise College.
copyright 2018-R.Weller

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