Thursday, March 16, 2017

Fluorite - GEOLOGY


Fluorite is one of the more famous fluorescent minerals. Many specimens strongly fluoresce, in a great variation of color. In fact, the word "fluorescent" is derived from the mineral Fluorite. The name of the element fluorine is also derived from Fluorite, as Fluorite is by far the most common and well-known fluorine mineral.

Info:
http://www.minerals.net/mineral/fluorite.aspx

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