Fluorite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Halide
- Crystal system
- Cubic
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Colour
- Colourless, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple
- Lustre
- Glassy
- Use
- Industry
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The word fluorescence comes from fluorite, because many specimens glow under ultraviolet light.
- Its name comes from Latin fluere, to flow, because it melts easily and was used to help metals flow when smelting.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q102151 · All stones · All entries