FLUORITE CELESTINE
Fluorite Celestine specimen – light purple Fluorite cubes on Celestine crystals. A heavy specimen for its size, with distinct crystals from both minerals. An interesting piece.
Dimensions:
7.6cm x 9cm x 4.5cm, 410g
Location:
Musquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
Fluorite: CaF2. Named in 1797 by Carlo Antonio Galeani Napione from the Latin, fluere = “to flow” (for its use as a flux). The term fluorescence is derived from fluorite, which will often markedly exhibit this effect. The element fluorine also derives its name from fluorite, a major source for the element.
Celestine: SrSO4. Baryte Group. Baryte-Celestine Series. The strontium analogue of Baryte. By far the most common strontium mineral.