WE PRESENT THIS PIECE OF FULLY TRANSPARENT FLUORITE CRYSTALS SURROUNDED BY QUARTZ CRYSTALS FROM THE JAIMINA MINE IN ASTURIAS. HIGH QUALITY PIECE THAT WE PRESENT FOR SALE WE CAN OBSERVE IN THIS PIECE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE GLASSES FROM WHICH YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE MATRIX.
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.
