SPECTACULAR PIECE OF LARGE SIZE WITH SEMI-TRANSPARENT BARITE CRYSTALS IN THE CENTRAL PART AND TRANSPARENT IN THE LOWER PART. WE CAN ALSO OBSERVE FLUORITE CRYSTALS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRYSTALLIZATION THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MATRIX. ON ONE SIDE, LARGE SIZED GLASSES WITH A DARKER SHADE AND IN THE CENTRAL PART, COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT GLASSES. PRIVATE COLLECTION PIECE
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.
