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The mineral fluorite is composed of calcium fluoride. The mineral is very colorful and often a greenish color. It had been discovered as far back as the 16th century.
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Which mineral is composed of calcium and fluorine?
Fluorite
Is fluorite a mineral?
Fluorite is a mineral.
What is the chemical makeup of fluorite?
From a mineralogical perspective, fluorite is an evaporite mineral that contains one calcium ion and two fluorine ions. Calcium may also be substituted partially accounting for different colours of the mineral but it is usually purple.
How do you use fluorite in a sentence?
Fluorite is a mineral consisting of cubic crystals of calcium fluorite.
What is a mineral with fluorescence?
Fluorite is a fluorescent mineral.
Is floutrite a mineral or rock?
Fluorite is a mineral.
What is the fourth mineral on Mohs' Scale of Hardness?
fluorite
Why was Fluorite chosen to be state mineral of Illinois?
Southern Illinois was once the leading producer of the mineral fluorite in the nation. Cheaper sources of fluorite worldwide led to the demise of fluorite mining in the region.
Is fluorite a metallic mineral?
NO
Is fluorite harder than calcite?
The mineral fluorite is harder than calcite. Fluorite is represented as a 4 on the Mohs scale of relative mineral hardness, calcite is a 3.
Which mineral is highly valued as an industrial flux?
fluorite
What is the Illinois state mineral?
Fluorite
