Green Clear Fluorite

Green Clear 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

From the Ordovician age

Pea Crabs of the genus Pinnixa lived in what is now modern-day California approximately 12-16 million years ago

This naturally occurring form of relatively common pyrite remains highly sought after by collectors as a specimen or for use as a gem or in jewelry

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

many of which feature coatings of fine

fluorite specimens have been prized since ancient times and are now among the most popular minerals in the collecting world

roughly 20 million years ago

flat barite crystals arranged in densely packed rosettes in hues of rose

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which means it naturally occurs in its metallic form

Fluorite has long been used as a gemstone and is increasingly popular in the market as both natural specimens and cut gems

red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed