Fluorite

FluoriteFluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals, occurring in shades of blue, green, purple, red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed. The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux, or chemical cleaning agent, in iron smelting and other metallurgy. Pure fluorite is clear, but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent. With a

This unique specimen consists of a dense formation of thick

Known for its beautiful prismatic crystals

Occurring in spectacular shades of deep green

honey gold Barite crystals atop a base of verdant green and purple Fluorite

and blues as well as the more commonly encountered clear or pale white

from the Upper Silurian age

Fluorite crystals are well shaped

and the second most common form of Calcium Carbonate on Earth

While in its sticky gel state

Fluorite has long been used as a gemstone and is increasingly popular in the market

Named for the Greek word for “heavy”

and other materials all originating from the Yindu Mine in Inner Mongolia