"Beautiful Specimen Of Fluorite - Mineralogy - Mineral Curiosity "
Beautiful Fluorite Specimen from the Tonbei Mine, Guangdong, China. Weight: 935 g. The name Fluorite comes from the Latin word fluere, meaning "to melt, to flow." Indeed, Fluorite, when mixed as a flux with an ore, significantly lowers its melting point. Fluorite has three main industrial uses: over 50 percent of its production is used in the manufacture of hydrofluoric acid, which dissolves silicates. The aluminum and steel industries consume the remainder. It has a beautiful cubic crystal system and can occur in various colors. 
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