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Fluorite Rough Crystal Specimen

$9.99

This is for 1 piece of rough fluorite.  You will receive one similar to the one in the photo.

All of these pieces are unique in shape,  but they are all similar in color, a pale green.  Most of the pieces have a sprinkling of calcite.  Perfect to add to any mineral collection.

Fluorite is available in a vast array of coloring, it can be can be blue, purple, green, brown, or yellow. Usually found in isometric cubic crystals. Some have a combination of colors making for beautiful display pieces.

Soothing calcite crystallizes in the hexagonal system with a wide range of crystal habits and colors.
Fluorite is used for clarity, decision making, and healing. It is a wind element gemstone associated with all of the chakras. It senses disorder in the physical or spiritual realms and aligns them.
Calcite is a protecting, grounding and focusing stone, and can help bring inner peace.

Size: all approx. 1.5″

Locality: Xianghualing Mine Linhu Couty, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

 

 

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Fluorite Rough Crystal Specimen

FLUORITE

 

HISTORY, NAME, LOCALITIES: Fluorite was used as a metallurgical flux as early as 500 B.C.  Its name stems from the Latin fluere, meaning “to flow,” alluding to its ability to reduce the melting temperature of metals in smelting processes.  Notable sources are China, Russia, England, Mexico, Canada, Peru, and the United States (Kentucky, Illinois, Colorado, Oklahoma).

 

MINERALOGY, PROPERTIES, OCCURRENCE: Fluorite [calcium fluoride, CaF2], pronounced FLOR-ite, crystallizes in the cubic system as well-formed, often-twinned cubes and less often as octahedrons; it also occurs in massive, granular, and botryoidal forms.  It has a Mohs hardness of 4.0, perfect cleavage in four directions to form octahedrons, a specific gravity of 3.0-3.2, and is transparent to translucent.  Pure fluorite is colorless or white, but impurities impart a wide range of pastel colors, notably purples and greens.  Fluorite occurs in several mineralogical environments, including epithermal veins, hydrothermal replacement deposits, carbonatites, granite pegmatites, and contact metamorphic rocks

 

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES, LORE, USES: Medieval physicians prescribed powdered fluorite to treat kidney disease and arthritic pain.  Modern metaphysical practitioners use fluorite to calm the spirit and mind to prepare for meditation, increase objectivity and concentration, and clarify the decision-making process.  Fluorite is mined extensively as the primary source of fluorine and also serves as a metallurgical flux.  Massive fluorite is carved into decorative objects.

 

COLLECTORS’ INFORMATION: Fluorite is widely collected for its perfect cubic-crystal development, large crystal size, wide range of colors, and interesting and attractive mineralogical associations in composite specimens.

 

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