Fluorite [ CaF2 ]

Images of Fluorite

Material properties

Formula CaF2
Abbreviation Flr
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), antiquity
Crystal symmetry Cubic, Point group m3m, Space group Fm3m (#225)
Classifications Fluorite (group), Calcium fluoride
Variants white, Yb doped, green, synthetic, U, natural, U doped
Related materials Calcium fluoride
Luminescence emitters Ce, Co, Cr, Defect, Dy, Er, Eu, F2, F2 centre, F center, Fe, Gd, Ho, M center, M+ center, Mn, Nd, Pr, Sm, Tb, Tm, Triplet-singlet, U, Unspecified, Vk centre, Yb
Reflectance line Unspecified
Spectra Luminescence (2), SXES (1)
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Tags Halide, Informal, Mineral, Synthetic, Variety

Composition

Element Atoms
Ca 1
F 2
Total: 3

References for Fluorite

Specimens of Fluorite

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M1210 Wolframite CSIRO Ferberite, Fluorite (14.6%), Pyrite, Quartz, Wolframite 14.6 0
M1339 Andradite CSIRO Andradite, Fluorite (4.8%), Magnetite, Quartz 4.8 0
M0656 Cuprite CSIRO Clinochlore (var. Fe), Cuprite, Fluorite (2.2%), Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Quartz 2.2 0
M1855 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Fluorite (2.1%), Jarosite, Pyrite, Quartz 2.1 0
46e6454 Diopside CSIRO Augite, Diopside, Fluorite (1.0%), Muscovite-1M 1.0 1 Reflectance
CaF2 CA2-33 CSIRO Fluorite 0
CaF2 JP1-19 CSIRO Fluorite 1 SXES
Calcite-Fluorite (#17, Ontario) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite, Fluorite 0
Calcite-Fluorite-Willemite (#4, Arizona) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite 0
Fluorite (#2, Ohio) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Fluorite 0
Fluorite (#3, Mexico) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Fluorite 0
Fluorite (#5, Hunan, China) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Fluorite 0
Fluorite (#7, Ohio) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Fluorite 0