Fluorite [ CaF2 ]
Images of Fluorite
Material properties
| Formula | CaF2 |
| Abbreviation | Flr |
| Variants | U, natural, white, Yb doped, synthetic, green, U doped |
| Classifications | Fluorite (group), Calcium fluoride |
| Luminescence emitters | Ce, Co, Cr, Defect, Dy, Er, Eu, F2, F2 centre, F centre, Fe, Gd, Ho, M center, M+ center, Mn, Nd, Pr, Sm, Tb, Tm, Triplet-singlet, U, Unspecified, Vk centre, Yb |
| Spectra | Luminescence (2), SXES (1) |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), antiquity |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Related materials | Calcium fluoride |
| Crystal symmetry | Cubic, Point group m3m, Space group Fm3m (#225) |
| Tags | Informal , Mineral, Synthetic, Variety, Halide, Halide |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Ca | 1 |
| F | 2 |
| Total: | 3 |
References for Fluorite
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Lines | Spectra | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodył 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CSIRO SXES database | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| CSIRO R-2022-01 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Calderon et al. 1990 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D'Almeida 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dorenbos 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaft et al. 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaft et al. 2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaft et al. 2005 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hamblen 2003 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Kuznetsov and Tarashchan 1988 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leverenz 1968 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mariano & Ring 1975 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marshall 1988 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moenke 1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CSIRO CL spectra 2016 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| CSIRO CL spectra 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sidike et al. 2003 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tarashchan 1978 | 127 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Topaksu et al. 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Specimens of Fluorite
| Name | Owner | Materials | Image | Spectra | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46E6454 Augite | CSIRO | Augite, Diopside, Fluorite, Muscovite-1M | 1 | Reflectance | |
| CaF2 JP1-19 | CSIRO | Fluorite | 1 | SXES |
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