SPECTACULAR FLUORITE WITH GIANT CRYSTALS FROM THE LORALAI MINE IN PAKISTAN. PIECE MIXED WITH CALCITE CRYSTALS SPREAD ON ITS FLUORITE. CRYSTALS WITH TYPICAL FORMATION OF PAKISTAN FLUORITE WITH THE LIGHT TONE. PIECE THAT OR MAY BE MISSING IN YOUR COLLECTION.
Fluorite is a group III mineral (halides) that according to the Strunz classification, formed the elements calcium and fluorine.
Its structure belongs to the cubic system, and it appears with a cubic, octahedral, and rhombododecahedral habit.
Fluorite has physical thermoluminescence and fluorescence properties.
In industry, it is mainly used in iron and steel metallurgy. It is used as a source of fluorine and hydrofluoric acid, also in the glazing of ceramics and in the manufacture of optical glasses.
The beauty of the specimens makes it a mineral much appreciated by museums and private collectors.
