FLUORITE CRYSTAL CLUSTER
Pale green Cubic Fluorite Crystal Cluster. A cluster on matrix with some Purple colour.
Location:
Hunan, China.
Dimensions:
9.8cm x 7cm x 4cm, 266g.
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. Fluorite is one of those lovely minerals that comes in a range of colours, from clear to darkest purple and most colours in between.