WE HAVE SEVERAL 8X9 BATCHES OF GREEN FLUORITE FROM THE BERTA MINE IN PAPIOL, SANT CUGAT DEL VALLES. * THE PHOTOS OF THE LOTS ARE SAMPLE PHOTOS, THE MINERALS RECEIVED WILL BE OF SIMILAR QUALITY. FOR ANY DOUBT, CONTACT US. * THE PHOTOS ON THE LOTS ARE SAMPLE PHOTOS, THE MINERALS RECEIVED WILL BE OF SIMILAR QUALITY. FOR ANY DOUBT, CONTACT US.
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.
