Fluorite
CaF₂
Mineral, calcium fluoride
Properties
- Chemical formula
- CaF₂
- Group
- Halides
- Crystal system
- Cubic
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 4
- Color
- Colorless
- Luster
- —
- Streak
- White
- Density
- —
- Cleavage
- —
- Fracture
- —
- Tenacity
- —
- Crystal habit
- —
- Transparency
- —
- Space group
- —
- Fluorescence
- —
- Magnetism
- —
- Radioactivity
- —
- Refractive index
- —
- Optical character
- —
- Birefringence
- —
- Pleochroism
- —
- Strunz classification
- 3.AB.25
- Dana classification
- 9.2.1.1
- IMA status
- Grandfathered mineral (G)
- IMA symbol
- Flr
- Locality
- 🇨🇿 Jáchymov
- Type locality
- —
- Discovery year
- —
Etymology
Named after fluid flow
Source: Wikidata
