Fluorite

fluorite_1.jpg
fluorite_CS.jpg

Title

Fluorite

Description

Formula

CaF2

Structure

Non-silicate

Crystal System

Crystal system: cubic

Physical Properties

Colour in hand specimen: extremely variable: colourless, white, yellow, green, blue and purple most common
Cleavage: perfect octahedral, up to four visible at one time, breaks into dipyramids
Hardness: 4

Optical Properties

Colour in plane polarised light: colourless, pale green or pale violet
Pleochroism: none
Relief: low

Mineral Specimens

M560 Fluorite 
Derbyshire 
Cubic fluorite crystals 
Generally very variable; in this case white to purple 
Glassy lustre 
Hardness 4 
Octahedral cleavage

Mineral Name

fluorite

Tags

Citation

“Fluorite,” 1A Collections, accessed April 9, 2024, https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/items/show/67.