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black, and clear crystals. The most common colors are purple, blue, green, yellow, or colorless. Less common are pink, red, white, brown, and black. Color zoning or banding is commonly present. The color of the fluorite is determined by factors including impurities, exposure to radiation, and the absence of voids of the
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light in a different way. By using combinations of different types of glass, lens manufacturers are able to cancel out or significantly reduce unwanted characteristics; chromatic aberration being the most important. The best of such lens designs are often called apochromatic (see above). Fluoro-crown
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Fluorite is allochromatic, meaning that it can be tinted with elemental impurities. Fluorite comes in a wide range of colors and has consequently been dubbed "the most colorful mineral in the world". Every color of the rainbow in various shades is represented by fluorite samples, along with white,
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The color of visible light emitted when a sample of fluorite is fluorescing depends on where the original specimen was collected; different impurities having been included in the crystal lattice in different places. Neither does all fluorite fluoresce equally brightly, even from the same locality.
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In 2018, Canada Fluorspar Inc. commenced mine production again in St. Lawrence; in spring 2019, the company was planned to develop a new shipping port on the west side of Burin Peninsula as a more affordable means of moving their product to markets, and they successfully sent the first shipload of
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uses. Fluorite may be drilled into beads and used in jewelry, although due to its relative softness it is not widely used as a semiprecious stone. It is also used for ornamental carvings, with expert carvings taking advantage of the stone's zonation.
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and its daughter products, release radiation sufficiently energetic to induce oxidation of fluoride anions within the structure, to fluorine that becomes trapped inside the mineral. The color of fetid fluorite is predominantly due to the
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did not occur naturally because it is so reactive, and would rapidly react with other chemicals. Fluorite is normally colorless, but some varied forms found nearby look black, and are known as 'fetid fluorite' or
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There are three principal types of industrial use for natural fluorite, commonly referred to as "fluorspar" in these industries, corresponding to different grades of purity. Metallurgical grade fluorite (60–85%
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Therefore, ultraviolet light is not a reliable tool for the identification of specimens, nor for quantifying the mineral in mixtures. For example, among British fluorites, those from
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mine, in Villabona, the fluorite crystals, cubic without modifications of other shapes, are yellow, up to 3 cm of edge. They are associated with large crystals of calcite and barite.
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Strong, D. F.; Fryer, B. J.; Kerrich, R. (1984). "Genesis of the St. Lawrence fluorspar deposits as indicated by fluid inclusion, rare earth element, and isotopic data".
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Pure fluorite is colourless and transparent, both in visible and ultraviolet light, but impurities usually make it a colorful mineral and the stone has ornamental and
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It is a common mineral mainly distributed in South Africa, China, Mexico, Mongolia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Tanzania, Rwanda and Argentina.
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near the end of the 19th century. Naturally occurring fluorite crystals without optical defects were only large enough to produce microscope objectives.
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Aigueperse, Jean; Paul Mollard; Didier Devilliers; Marius Chemla; Robert Faron; Renée Romano; Jean Pierre Cuer (2005). "Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic".
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In 2012, the first source of naturally occurring fluorine gas was found in fluorite mines in Bavaria, Germany. It was previously thought that
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with wavelength. Furthermore, the material is attacked by few reagents. At wavelengths as short as 157 nm, a common wavelength used for
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Colorless, although samples are often deeply colored owing to impurities; Purple, lilac, golden-yellow, green, blue, pink, champagne, brown.
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has previously manufactured at least one fluorite and synthetic quartz element camera lens (105 mm f/4.5 UV) for the production of
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With the advent of synthetically grown fluorite crystals in the 1950s - 60s, it could be used instead of glass in some high-performance
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ore from the new port on July 31, 2021. This marks the first time in 30 years that ore has been shipped directly out of St. Lawrence.
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responsible for the naming of the phenomenon of fluorescence itself, has been attributed to the presence of inclusions of divalent
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wavelengths, since it is transparent in these regions (about 0.15 μm to 9 μm) and exhibits an extremely low change in
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Recently discovered deposits in China have produced fluorite with coloring and banding similar to the classic Blue John stone.
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for smelting, and in the production of certain glasses and enamels. The purest grades of fluorite are a source of fluoride for
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that has special optical properties approaching fluorite. True fluorite is not a glass but a crystalline material. Lenses or
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rocks typically through hydrothermal activity. It is particularly common in granitic pegmatites. It may occur as a
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describes it as a precious stone with purple and white mottling, whose objects carved from it, the Romans prize.
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carried out on the gas contained in the antozonite, revealed a peak at 425 ppm, which is consistent with F
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and other manufacturers have used synthetically grown crystals of calcium fluoride components in lenses to aid
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Calvo Sevillano, Guiomar; Calvo Rebollar, Miguel (2006). "Fluorite from Spain. Every color under the Sun".
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Well-formed coarse sized crystals; also nodular, botryoidal, rarely columnar or fibrous; granular, massive
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Rutten, Harrie; van Venrooij, Martin (1988). Telescope Optics Evaluation and Design. Willmann-Bell, Inc.
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elements. In telescopes, fluorite elements allow high-resolution images of astronomical objects at high
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Fluorite on barite from the Berbes mine, Ribadesella, Asturias (Spain).  Fluorite crystal, 2.2 cm.
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Elsevier's dictionary of chemoetymology: the whies and whences of chemical nomenclature and terminology
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Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C., eds. (1990). "Fluorite".
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in the crystal lattice. In particular, the blue fluorescence seen in fluorites from certain parts of
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fragments. The structural motif adopted by fluorite is so common that the motif is called the
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Educational article about the different colors of fluorites crystals from Asturias, Spain
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Fluorite with baryte, from Berbes Mine, Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
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Fluorite should not be confused with fluoro-crown (or fluorine crown) glass, a type of
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Van Alstine, R. E. (1944). "The fluorspar deposits of Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland".
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activity particularly in limestones. In such vein deposits it can be associated with
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In the laboratory, calcium fluoride is commonly used as a window material for both
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Fluorite from El Hammam Mine, Meknès Prefecture, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
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produced a fluorite lens for their SLR cameras – the Hexanon 300 mm f/6.3.
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and Leica). Their transparence to ultraviolet light enables them to be used for
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In archeology, gemmology, classical studies, and Egyptology, the Latin terms
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production to aid the removal of impurities, and later in the production of
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One of the largest deposits of fluorspar in North America is located on the
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Stokes, G. G. (1853). "On the Change of Refrangibility of Light. No. II".
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made using this low dispersion glass as one or more elements exhibit less
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Internationally, acid-grade fluorite is also used in the production of AlF
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manufacture, which is the intermediate source of most fluorine-containing
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Bulk crystal growth of electronic, optical & optoelectronic materials
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in the crystal. Natural samples containing rare earth impurities such as
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Fluorite and sphalerite, from Elmwood mine, Smith county, Tennessee, US
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glass (such as Schott FK51) usually in combination with an appropriate
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Fluorite crystals on display at the Cullen Hall of Gems and Minerals,
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The use of fluorite for prisms and lenses was studied and promoted by
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Translucent ball of botryoidal fluorite perched on a calcite crystal
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trademarked name "Irtran-3", although this designation is obsolete.
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One of the most famous of the older-known localities of fluorite is
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Reactivation of the St. Lawrence fluorspar mine at St. Lawrence, NL
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produces synthetic fluorite crystals that are used in their better
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Grass-green fluorite octahedrons clustered on a quartz-rich matrix
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James Harrell 2012. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, Gemstones.
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First direct evidence that elemental fluorine occurs in nature
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are the most consistently fluorescent, whereas fluorite from
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The world reserves of fluorite are estimated at 230 million
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is dissolved in a bath that consists primarily of molten Na
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Cubic crystals up to 20 cm across have been found at
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Crawford Cup (Roman, 50-100 CE) in the collection of the
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Freestanding purple fluorite cluster between two quartzes
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are manufactured by the larger microscope firms (Nikon,
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Toad carved in fluorite. Length 8 cm (3 in).
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Transparent teal color fluorite with purple highlights
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Fluorite from Diana Maria mine, Weardale, England, UK
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In 1852, fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon of
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3.175–3.184; to 3.56 if high in rare-earth elements
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"Blue John fluorspar". 1937: 1935: 1112:to lower the melting point of raw materials in 918:), or when illuminated with ultraviolet light. 2490:Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 1719:Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, 615:is common and adds complexity to the observed 212:Octahedral, perfect on {111}, parting on {011} 2798: 1096:The resulting HF is converted into fluorine, 990:A golden yellow with hints of purple fluorite 545:, referring to its crystalline projections). 484:. The mineral fluorite was originally termed 8: 1944:An introduction to the rock-forming minerals 1419:. The minerals, containing small amounts of 1227:Natural fluorite mineral has ornamental and 2667:. Cambridge University Press. p. 157. 2805: 2791: 2783: 2691:Scientific photography and applied imaging 2280:"On the Change of Refrangibility of Light" 2273: 2271: 845:Fluorescing fluorite from Boltsburn Mine, 412:uses. 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John Wiley and Sons. p. 339. 1806:. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 149. 1598:"IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols" 1120:. Ceramic grade fluorite (85–95% CaF 2215:Hill, Graham; Holman, John (2000). 903:have also been observed to display 2262:10.1111/j.1365-2451.1994.tb00422.x 326:slightly water soluble and in hot 169:a = 5.4626 Å; Z = 4 14: 2694:. Focal Press. pp. 387–388. 1455:Houston Museum of Natural Science 871:Many samples of fluorite exhibit 822:use. Mining still takes place in 2202:Fluorite. The Collector's Choice 2189:from the original on 2009-06-20. 2145:Korbel, P. and Novak, M. (2002) 1566: This article incorporates 1561: 1521: 1509: 1497: 1485: 1473: 1461: 1446: 1406:Source of fluorine gas in nature 1124:) is used in the manufacture of 1031: 1019: 1007: 995: 983: 971: 34: 16:Mineral form of calcium fluoride 1671:from the original on 2006-09-06 1582:United States Geological Survey 1049:Source of fluorine and fluoride 627:. 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(2000). 1766:10.1088/0370-1301/67/3/310 1239: 799: 584: 275:Transparent to translucent 18: 2820: 1883:Chemistry of the Elements 1881:; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). 1723:, pp. 324–325, 20th ed., 905:upconversion fluorescence 372:) is the mineral form of 33: 2776:, related Roman cups at 2498:10.1002/14356007.a11_307 2432:10.1177/0003702820979052 2167:Rickwood, P. C. (1981). 1552:– also used in UV optics 1262:stepper manufacture for 868:from fluorite, in 1852. 864:named the phenomenon of 19:Not to be confused with 2688:Ray, Sidney F. (1999). 2492:. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. 1916:Oxford University Press 1787:"Discovery of fluorine" 1384:fluorescence microscopy 1354:Exposure tools for the 222:Subconchoidal to uneven 2765:Illinois state mineral 2634:Capper, Peter (2005). 2327:10.1098/rstl.1853.0016 2321:: 385–396, at p. 387. 2299:10.1098/rstl.1852.0022 2278:Stokes, G. G. 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Index

Fluoride

truncated octahedron
Namibia
Halide mineral
Formula
IMA symbol
Strunz classification
Crystal system
Isometric
Crystal class
H–M symbol
cF12
Space group
Unit cell
Crystal habit
Twinning
Cleavage
Fracture
Tenacity
Mohs scale
Luster
Streak
Diaphaneity
Specific gravity
relief
Refractive index
Fusibility
Solubility
hydrochloric acid

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