GOLDEN FLUORITE
A beautiful cluster of fine translucent golden Fluorite cubes! A super, rare colour for fluorite and from an excellent location. One solid cluster with no matrix. For all those fluorite lovers out there.
Location:
Moscona Mine, Asturias, Spain.
Dimensions:
6cm x 4.5cm x 2cm, 71.5g.
Fluorite: CaF2
Named in 1797 by Carlo Antonio Galeani Napione from the Latin, fluere = “to flow” (for its use as a flux). The term fluorescence is derived from fluorite, which will often markedly exhibit this effect. The element fluorine also derives its name from fluorite, a major source for the element. Fluorite is one of those lovely minerals that comes in a range of colours, from clear to darkest purple and most colours in between!