Fluorite Mixed on Matrix Quartz textures and patterns

textures and patterns

Pure fluorite is clear

Fluorite crystals are well shaped

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One of the most widely recognized and unmistakable minerals

Fluorite Mixed on Matrix Quartz textures and patternsFluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals, occurring in shades of blue, green, purple, red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed. The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux, or chemical cleaning agent, in iron smelting and other metallurgy. Pure fluorite is clear, but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent. With a